Gender

Male

Birth date

1921-11-15

Place of birth

Clarksburg CA, U.S.A.

Inducted

1944-5-30, Ft. Douglas UT

Enlistment type

Draftee

Service branch

Army

Service type

War

Unit type

Combat

Units served

442nd Regimental Combat Team, L Company

Military specialty

Rifleman

Stationed

Camp Blanding, FL.; France; Italy

Separated

Ft. Meade MD

Unit responsibility

Combat and occupation

Personal responsibility

I was a member of the rifle squad.

Major battles (if served in a war zone)

Rhineland; No. Apennines; Po Valley

Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)

Combat Infantryman Badge; European Theater of Operation Ribbon with 3 Battle Stars; Purple Heart for wounds in action; Distinguished Unit Badge for action penetrating the Gothic Line in Italy.

Living conditions

Living conditions were primitive. We stayed in captured dugouts or outdoors.

We bathed in creeks where available.

Meals were mostly K rations. Occasionally, we had hot meals when conditions were right.

We didn't have much for entertainment, except in the rear area. Mostly, we played cards.

Most vivid memory of military experience

When I was going back to the aid station after being wounded, a sniper emptied his rifle at me as I was running along the trail. I must have looked like a scene from the Keystone Cops movie.

Missed most whilst in the military

I missed my sleep and leisure time.

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

The many friends I have made during my military service. These are people I will never forget, especially the K.I.A.'s.