Gender

Male

Birth date

1921-8-14

Place of birth

Maui HI, U.S.A.

Inducted

1943-3-23,

Enlistment type

Volunteer

Service branch

Army

Service type

War

Unit type

Combat

Units served

H.Q. Battalion,522nd Field Artillery Battalion

Military specialty

Truck Driver, Light 345

Stationed

Camp Shelby, MS; Italy, France, Germany

Separated

Honolulu HI

Unit responsibility

To provide artillery support for the 442nd Infantry Regiment.

Personal responsibility

I was driver for liason officer, Captain Charles Fieldeman.

Major battles (if served in a war zone)

Rome-Arno, North Appennine, Rhineland, Central Europe

Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)

American Campaign Service Medal, Asiatic Pacific Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, EAME Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal

Missed most whilst in the military

Family and friends

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

The friendship that developed during training and overseas duty with the men of our Field artillery Battalion.

Additional information

Before December 7, 1941, I was working in Pearl Harbor for a defense contractor. On December 8 and 9, we were put to work, filling sandbags and protecting hospitals and other installations. On December 10, as we were about to enter the Pearl Harbor gate, all the Japanese-Americans were placed aside and when they had about 50 people; then, with bayonets drawn, they (the guards) marched us (double time) back to Honolulu.