Gender

Male

Birth date

1920-2-6

Place of birth

HI, U.S.A.

Inducted

1943-3-23, Schofield Barracks HI

Enlistment type

Volunteer

Service branch

Army

Service type

War

Unit type

Combat

Units served

522nd Field Artillery Bn., 442nd R.C.T.

Military specialty

Anti-Aircraft Machine Gunner

Stationed

Mississippi, Italy, France, Germany, Hawaii

Unit responsibility

We supported the 442nd Infantry with artillery

Personal responsibility

My responsibility was to oversee the operation of two 50-caliber machine guns.

Major battles (if served in a war zone)

Rome-Arno Campaign; Rhineland Campaign (Battle of Bruyeres); No. Appenines Campaign; Central Europe Campaign.

Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)

Asiatic-Pacific Service Medal, American Campaign Service Medal, European-African-Middle-Eastern Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal.

Living conditions

We slept in trucks, houses, foxholes as circumstances changed. We bathed from steel helmets or in showers during prolonged breaks. Meals were C and K Rations, 10 in l Rations and hot meals. Card-playing was most frequent form of entertainment, plus the occasional U.S.O. show.

Missed most whilst in the military

Home cooking and family.

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

I gained self-confidence and learned the need to work together.

Additional information

The G.I. Bill made it possible for me to go to graduate school for advanced degrees in plant genetics.