Gender

Male

Birth date

1920-5-15

Place of birth

Huntington Beach CA, U.S.A.

Inducted

1942-2-1, Ft. McArthur CA

Enlistment type

Draftee

Service branch

Army

Service type

War

Unit type

Combat

Units served

Station Hospital, Camp Grant, IL; 442nd RCT, Co. E

Military specialty

Baker

Stationed

AK, IL, FL, Italy, France

Separated

Ft. McArthur CA

Unit responsibility

E Co. Bn. Runner

Major battles (if served in a war zone)

France and Northern Italy

Living conditions

In combat, we slept in covered logs, slit trench. We showered when battalion pulled back for rest. We ate K Rations during the day and hot meals at night whenever possible. We had no entertainment during combat.

Most vivid memory of military experience

SCARY

Missed most whilst in the military

HOME

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

WAR IS HELL