Gender

Male

Birth date

1923-6-23

Place of birth

Garfield UT, U.S.A.

Inducted

1944-5-9, Fort Douglas UT

Service branch

Army

Service type

War,peacetime

Units served

171st Replacement Infantry Battalion; ATIS 5250 Tech. Intell. Co.

Military specialty

Translator 267

Stationed

USA - Camp Shelby, Fort Snelling; Philippines; Japan

Separated

Camp Beale CA

Unit responsibility

Investigate Laboratories, Institutes & other Technological Installations.

Personal responsibility

Interrogation & translation - section chief of 43 men.

Major battles (if served in a war zone)

(The war with Japan ended in Aug 1945 and our transport embarked for the Philippines in September 1945)

Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)

No major awards - just standard metals such as: Good Conduct; WW II Victory; Asiatic Pacific Campaign; our 5250 Tech Intell Co. was awarded a unit citation American Campaign; Army of Occupation

Living conditions

Camp Shelby - basic training - slept in barracks, single bunks, had showers; meals were ok, but too much fat. Fort Snelling - slept in 2 tiered bunks in brick buildings; food ok; furloughs to twin cities, Chicago, New York In Philippines - lived in tents with single bunks along Pasig River - food ok; trips into Manila. In Japan - billeted in NYK Building for a time - before being assigned to 5250 Tech Intell Co. where we slept in single bunks - showers

Most vivid memory of military experience

Traveling to different parts of Japan for gathering information was interesting as well as being able to see the sights.

Missed most whilst in the military

Enjoyed my stint in the Army.

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

Was able to travel at government expense. Was able to get an education that I would not have gotten otherwise.