Gender

Male

Birth date

1923-03-03

Place of birth

Bear Creek MT, USA

Inducted

1944-07-31, Ft. Logan CO

Enlistment type

Draftee

Service branch

Army

Service type

War

Unit type

Combat

Units served

442nd Regimental Combat Team, Company I

Military specialty

Combat Infantryman Clerk, General 055

Stationed

USA: Camp Shelby, MS Other Countries: France; Italy

Separated

Ft. George Meade MD

Unit responsibility

Combat and guard prisoners.

Personal responsibility

Combat and general clerk 055.

Major battles (if served in a war zone)

Po Valley Northern Apennines Southern France

Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)

Good Conduct Medal Purple Heart Medal European-African-Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon Distinguished Unit Badge Army of Occupation Medal - Germany World War II Victory Ribbon Combat Infantryman Badge Presidential Unit Citation with Oak Leaf Cluster

Living conditions

Pup tents, bombed out houses, caves. No baths. K-rations and C-rations Girls entertainment

Most vivid memory of military experience

Getting wounded - three months in hospital in Italy - 64th General

Missed most whilst in the military

Friends, family and food

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

Being drafted out of the concentration camp after being classified as unfit and classified as an alien. Being wounded.

Additional information

Residence: Sunnyvale, CA.