Japanese American Military Experience Database
Rudy Tadao Kobayashi
Gender
Male
Birth date
1922-5-15
Place of birth
Maui HI, U.S.A.
Inducted
1943-3-23, Honolulu HI
Enlistment type
Volunteer
Service branch
Army
Service type
War
Unit type
Combat,sup
Units served
442nd RCT, 522nd Field Artillery, Battery C;Quarter Master Depot. Munich, Germany
Military specialty
Canoneer;T/4 Motor Pool Control & Maintenance
Stationed
Hawaii, USA, Italy, France, Germany
Separated
Honolulu HI
Unit responsibility
Artillery support for the 442nd Infantry Regt.
Personal responsibility
Canoneer
Major battles (if served in a war zone)
Italy, France, Germany
Living conditions
Miserable, but a lot better and easier than the infantry linemen.
Most vivid memory of military experience
The waste of human lives that politics leads to.
Missed most whilst in the military
Comfort of home and family unity.
Most important thing, personally, to come from military experience?
Having seen how other country and how their different cultures. Most important, I met my future wife in Nice, France. 38 years later, we are still together, and living in San Francisco, CA
