Gender

Male

Birth date

1918-7-7

Place of birth

Los Angeles CA, U.S.A.

Inducted

1941-7-9, Fort McArthur CA

Enlistment type

Draftee

Service branch

Army

Service type

War

Unit type

Combat

Units served

7th Div. 32nd Inf. Regmt. - Det. Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team - E Co.

Military specialty

Supply Clerk 835, Combat Infantry

Stationed

USA: Ft. Ord, CA; Ft. Custer, MI; Camp Blanding, FL
Other Countries: Italy, placed in 'E' Co. of RCT; France

Separated

Ft. McArthur CA

Unit responsibility

Combat Infantry Regiment Company.

Personal responsibility

A cook at Ft. Custer for HQ Co. and post officers club and replaced the 442nd RCT, combat infrantryman

Major battles (if served in a war zone)

Eto, France.
Wounded in combat in France. Hospitalized and reclassified to No-Combatant. Returned home Dec. 12, 1945.

Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)

Purple Heart

Missed most whilst in the military

Home, wife and family, and friends

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

I feel proud to have served my country in time of need to defend her.

Additional information

During basic training at Camp Roberts, several were asked to make up training drawings of weapons, including all detail parts from actual weapons to a larger detail scale. Three niseis were selected and entrusted to help make these training charts.