Japanese American Military Experience Database
Monte T. Matsuda
Gender
Male
Birth date
1914-8-10
Place of birth
Rindge Tract. Stockton CA, U.S.A.
Inducted
1943-1-23, Presidio CA
Enlistment type
Draftee
Service branch
Army
Service type
War
Unit type
Combat
Units served
442nd regiment, 2nd battalion, Company F
Stationed
France, Italy.
Separated
Ft. Sheridan IL
Major battles (if served in a war zone)
Whatever 442nd Regimental (Combat Team) participated.
Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)
2 Presidential Unit Citations; 442nd Combat Unit;Purplr Heart and (Oak leaf) cluster.
Living conditions
Poor. In fox holes whenever we pulled back. K-rations and on occasion, hot meals. Get together for gab-fests.
Most vivid memory of military experience
(Seeing) mutilated bodies, (and realizing that) the enemy is human too, (and) seeing a German boy 10-12 years old on the front line, crying with a loaf of bread in his hands.
Missed most whilst in the military
Home.
Most important thing, personally, to come from military experience?
To come home safely, and (seeing that)wars are terrible and only grief the result.
