Gender

Male

Birth date

1927-11-20

Place of birth

Heeia, Oahu HI, USA

Inducted

1949-09-12, HI

Enlistment type

Volunteer

Service branch

Army

Service type

War,peacetime

Unit type

Support

Units served

ATIS GHQ 521st MIS 338 MIS USARPACGen Depot, Japan 45th AHM Co, 1st Region, Army Air Defense Command, 3rd BCT.Bde 266th S & SBn USA Ord Ctr & School

Military specialty

Military Intelligence Interrogator Logistics Administration

Stationed

USA: Ft. Meade, MD; Ft. Shafter, HI; Ft. Totten, NY; Ft. Dix, NJ; Aberdeen, MD Japan; Korea; Vietnam

Unit responsibility

Various

Personal responsibility

Mostly administrative supervision.

Major battles (if served in a war zone)

Invasion of Inchon, Korea

Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)

Bronze Star Army Commendation Medal w/cluster Various campaign and service medals (including occupation, Korean and RVN)

Living conditions

Korea: Large tents to vacant houses or buildings. Field showers were available. Occasionally used old Japanese type "furo". Meals consisted mostly of "C-rations" but occasionally cooked rice. When beer rations were available, two guys with ukuleles made Hawaiian music to flow. Vietnam: Prefab aluminum huts were available for quarters. Showering facilities were available. We had hot meals daily at a dining hall. Entertainment: movies.

Missed most whilst in the military

Separation from family during short tour assignments.

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

That war is wasteful and destructive and we need to learn to co-exist with fellow human beings on this crowded planet in order to prevent wars