Gender

Male

Birth date

1920-2-24

Place of birth

Riverside CA, U.S.A.

Inducted

1944-8-3, Chicago IL

Enlistment type

Volunteer

Service branch

Army

Service type

War

Unit type

Support

Units served

MISLS B-3 (Graduated Snelling, Dec. 1944)
Hqs Co MISLS
ATIS - Manila, Philippines
ATIS - Tokyo, Japan

Military specialty

Administrative Non-commissioned Officer
Military Intelligence

Stationed

USA: Ft. Snelling, MN
Other Countries: Manila, Philippines; Tokyo, Japan

Unit responsibility

Military intelligence.
We served in ATIS, Letter Scanning Section. Transferred to Japanese Liaison Section, G-2, AFPAR.

Personal responsibility

I was chief clerk handling ducumentation between G-2 and CLO, Japanese government.

Major battles (if served in a war zone)

None

Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)

Army Commendation Ribbon, U.S. Army Forces, Pacific for meritorious service and superior performance for duty as chief clerk, Japanese Liaison Section, G-2, General Hq., U.S. Army Forces, Pacific and made distinct contribution to effectiveness of Japanese Liaison Section.

Living conditions

Conditions were fair. We stayed in a converted business building (Mitsubishi main building) with converted showers and washrooms. We used the existing toilets in the building. Meals were good--Army cooks.

Most vivid memory of military experience

We were mistaken for Filipino soldiers on arrival in Tokyo.

Missed most whilst in the military

I missed the comforts of home and home cooking.

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

My experience of seeing the horrors of war.