Gender

Male

Birth date

1917-02-14

Place of birth

San Francisco CA, USA

Inducted

1942-12-01, Fort Snelling MN

Enlistment type

Volunteer

Service branch

Army

Service type

War

Unit type

Support

Units served

MISLS (Graduated Savage, Dec. 1942) MISLS Instructor ATIS, G-2, GHQ Tokyo Civil Intelligence Section, GHQ Tokyo

Military specialty

Military Intelligence Intelligence Analyst

Stationed

USA: Camp Savage, MN; Ft. Snelling, MN; Presidio, Monterey, CA Other Countries: Tokyo, Japan

Separated

Tokyo JP

Unit responsibility

MISLS - Teaching Japanese Language Civil Intelligence Section GHQ, Tokyo - Intelligence Collection and Analysis

Personal responsibility

MISLS - Student Instructor Administrative Assistant to Dir. Academic Training GHQ, Tokyo Chief, Compilations Branch, Civil Intelligence Section, GHQ, Tokyo

Living conditions

MISLS - Camp Savage as a student, lived in temporary barracks with separate building for showers and latrines. Ate regular army food in mess hall. MISLS - As an instructor, lived in Minneapolis sharing house with two other couples. In Monterey - lived with family in a house on the post. In Tokyo - lived with family in housing built for dependents.

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

Learned a lot about my cultural heritage during occupation duties in Japan. Made many friends both among occupation personnel and Japanese government people.

Additional information

Residence: Medford Leas, NJ. Interned at Topaz camp in Utah. Enjoyed a long career at Mikasa, in New York.