Gender

Male

Birth date

1913-11-23

Place of birth

Ft. Lupton CO, U.S.A.

Inducted

1942-2-21, Fort McArthur CA

Enlistment type

Draftee

Service branch

Army

Service type

War

Unit type

Combat

Units served

MISLS C-8 (Graduated Savage, Feb. 1944)
OSS Detachment 101, China

Military specialty

Military Intelligence
Send out secret intelligence to Headquarters.

Stationed

USA:Camp Robinson, AK; Ft Warren, WY; Camp Carson, CO; Camp Shelby, MI; Camp Savage, IL; Catalina Island
Other Countries: Kunming, China

Separated

Ft. Meade MD

Unit responsibility

Military intelligence.
To collect information about Japanese movements.

Personal responsibility

To transmit secret intelligence information every day to Headquarters.

Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)

Bronze Star - meritorious achievement to get the message out efficiently.

Living conditions

Slept in tent hut. No hot water. Had cold shower. Meals were fair. Sight seeing for entertainment.

Most vivid memory of military experience

Training at different camps.
Going overseas on C-54 plane.
Seeing Pyramid and Sphinx at Cairo, Egypt.
Seeing how people lived in different countries.
The experience of being marooned during monsoon season in China.
Taking 21 days to return home from China on a cargo ship.

Missed most whilst in the military

Missed my wife and daughter. Japanese food.

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

My military experience has instilled in me a sense of pride in serving my country as a Japanese-American. I would like my family to understand how important it was to show allegience to my country in spite of the injustices imposed on my family and other Japanese-Americans.

Additional information

1). Since taking all of the training, I am curious to know where we were supposed to go. Since General MacArthur did not want any OSS to participate in Pacific area, we had to scrub our mission and move into CBI area.

2). When I got inducted, I was 28 years old - considered an old man. I was the only son, with no brothers or sisters. Just my parents. I can't believe they inducted me. Even when I asked for 10 days deferment, they turned me down.

3). We stayed low profile until this year. Some of the people considered we were traitor. Before I went into service, my Dad told me what ever I do, don't be ashamed to do my duty.