Gender

Male

Birth date

1920-2-1

Place of birth

Denver CO, U.S.A.

Inducted

1941-10-7, Los Angeles CA

Enlistment type

Volunteer

Service branch

Army

Service type

War

Unit type

Combat

Units served

81st Infantry Division
MISLS Sec. 21 (Graduated Savage, July 1943)

Military specialty

Team Leader

Stationed

USA: Camp Savage, MN
Other Countries: New Caledonia; Palau Islands; Japan.

Separated

Los Angeles CA

Unit responsibility

Infantry
Military intelligence

Personal responsibility

Team leader of 10 translators, interrogators and interpreters.

Major battles (if served in a war zone)

Angaur; Peleliu; Ilithi; Philippines.

Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)

Letter of Commendation

Living conditions

Field

Most vivid memory of military experience

Still keep in contact with my team members (1 deceased).

Missed most whilst in the military

Home and family.

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

Cooperative and good natured and respecting other's feelings.

Additional information

Chief of Staff of 81st Div. was Col. Short, younger brother of Gen. Short of Pearl Harbor. Lt. Col. Paul Mueller was Col. Short's Chief of Staff, but because of his brother, Col. Short remained a colonel and eventually served under his old chief of staff, who was promoted to Maj. General Mueller.