Gender

Male

Birth date

1917-5-6

Place of birth

Los Angeles CA, U.S.A.

Enlistment type

Draftee

Service branch

Army

Service type

War

Unit type

Combat

Units served

Military Intelligence Service

Military specialty

Military Intelligence.

Stationed

USA: 1941 - 1945: Ft. Lewis, WA; Ft. Sill, OK, Ft. ?, WY; Camp Savage, MN; July - October 1943: Anchorage, Alaska; Seward, Adak, Kiska Islands, Aleutians; Kodiak Island
Other Countries:1943 - 1945: Guadalcanal; New Guinea; Solomon Islands; Australia; Philippines; Japan

Separated

San Pedro CA

Unit responsibility

Translate Japanese diaries, naval documents, etc.

Personal responsibility

Translating documents.

Major battles (if served in a war zone)

Pacific

Living conditions

Slept in fox holes, grounds, etc. At times, especially in Kiska, did not snow for month. 'Tash' describes these conditions in his diary I found.

Most vivid memory of military experience

Horrible feeling while in fox-hole with insects or whatever, etc. in same small hole, you can't move or don't dare.
Going without food and water.
Severe weather.
Bombing overhead!!

Missed most whilst in the military

His wife and family. Gathered this information from little diary he kept which I found after he passed away 10/8/91.

Additional information

''Tash'' is now deceased. The preceding infornmation was gathered from a little diary I (spouse) found. Otherwise, most of his activities were very, very, confidential, so I do not know the details. by Kei Sugimoto (spouse).