Gender

Male

Birth date

1928-7-19

Place of birth

National City CA, U.S.A.

Inducted

1948-7-1, Los Angeles CA

Enlistment type

Volunteer

Service branch

Army

Service type

War

Unit type

Support

Units served

441st CIC Detachment

Military specialty

CIC

Stationed

USA: Fort Ord, CA; Defense Language School, Monterey, CA; Fort Holabird, MD
Other Countries: Japan

Unit responsibility

Counter intelligence

Personal responsibility

Agent

Major battles (if served in a war zone)

Korea

Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)

Korean War Service Medal
441st CIC Detachment Citation

Missed most whilst in the military

Information about family who were in CA while I was overseas.

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

I was a CIC agent, which taught me to be independent, responsible, and self worthy in order to carry out my responsibilities at age 19 to 22... usually borne by persons much older. Personally, I had to be aggressive (not usual Japanese trait) in order to operate as agent.