Gender

Male

Birth date

1917-05-08

Place of birth

Castroville CA, USA

Inducted

1941-09-18, Sacramento CA

Enlistment type

Draftee

Service branch

Army

Service type

War

Unit type

Support

Units served

Medical Corps Infantry MISLS (Graduated Snelling, Aug. 1944) Attached to Allied Translation and Interpretation Section (ATIS)

Military specialty

Military Intelligence Infantryman Translator

Stationed

USA: Camp Grant, IL; Camp Robinson, AR; Ft. McClellan, AL; Ft. Snelling, MN; Fort Benning, GA Other Countries: Tokyo, Japan

Separated

Camp Beale CA

Unit responsibility

Medical Corp
Infantry
Military Intelligence Service Japanese Language School

Personal responsibility

Medical Infantry Japanese language translation

Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)

Good Conduct Award

Living conditions

Normal Army living conditions. Lived in tents and barracks. Bathed in showers. Meals were adequate to maintain health and energy to do the work at hand. Movies in camp and outside theaters for entertainment.

Missed most whilst in the military

Personal freedom to do whatever one wants to do.

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

I was an introvert, but the military trained me to be more of an extrovert. I have become more self-confident.

Additional information

Residence: Marina, CA