Gender

Male

Birth date

1925-4-13

Place of birth

Wahiawa HI, U.S.A.

Inducted

, Hq AGFPAC APO 957

Enlistment type

Draftee

Service branch

Army

Service type

Peacetime

Unit type

Support

Units served

1399th Engineer Construction Battalion
8th Army, Yokohama, Japan

Military specialty

Plumber (164)

Stationed

USA: Hawaii
Other Countries: Yokohama, Japan

Separated

AGFPAC APO 957

Unit responsibility

8th Army Utility Co. did construction, maintenance and repair.

Personal responsibility

Supervising Japanese men on jobs. The Army hired Japanese tradesmen to work for us.

Living conditions

Slept in barracks with community showers.
We had rice three times a day. Japanese food and local food in mess hall.
1399th was called chow hounds (nick name).
Card games and table tennis for entertainment.

Most vivid memory of military experience

I was transferred from the 1399th to the 8th Army Occupation Force in Yokohama, Japan, leaving the island (Hawaii) for the first time.
On weekends I visited some resort towns. Tokyo, Nikko, Kamakura, Hakone, Mt. Fujiyama and many more cities.

Missed most whilst in the military

Mail and news from home.

Most important thing, personally, to come from military experience?

I came out a more matured person. I did learn a lot in a short time in the Army. Discipline, responsibility and independence.