Gender

Male

Birth date

1914-8-19

Place of birth

Portland OR, U.S.A.

Inducted

1941-4-11, Fort McArthur

Enlistment type

Volunteer

Service branch

Army

Service type

War,peacetime

Unit type

Combat

Units served

MISLS C-1 (Graduated Savage, June 1942)
Pacific - 25th Inf. Div. (Luzon)
170th Lang. Det.

Military specialty

Military Intelligence

Stationed

USA: Ft. Ord, CA; Camp Walters; Camp Savage, MN
Other Countries: N. Caledonia; Guadalcanal; N. Georgia; Vella Vella, New Zealand; Philippines

Separated

Fort McPherson AL

Unit responsibility

Military intelligence.
Interrogation & translation

Personal responsibility

Section leader

Major battles (if served in a war zone)

Guadalcana; New Georgia; Vella Vella & Philippines

Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)

Bronze Star, Philippines
Unit Commendation, Philippines

Living conditions

Slept in fox holes or tents; Used 5 gal can for shower or river; meals were dehydrated foods; listened to radio or played cards.

Most vivid memory of military experience

My first experience in a bombing raid on Guadalcanal. Humorous - when several of us interrogators came upon some New Zealand soldiers bathing in a river. They froze and were a comical sight when they thought (we) were Japanese soldiers. We said 'Hi!' and talked - were they relieved.

Missed most whilst in the military

My wife and family.

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

We all concluded that war & killing was stupid. The enemy was another soldier doing his job. When I left the service I didn't think that there would ever be another war after having experienced this war.