Gender

Male

Birth date

1920-12-6

Place of birth

Honolulu HI, U.S.A.

Inducted

1943-3-23, Schofield Barracks HI

Enlistment type

Volunteer

Service branch

Army

Service type

War

Unit type

Combat

Units served

522 F. A. Battalion, 442 Reg. Combat Team,; 171 Inf. Battalion

Stationed

USA - Mississippi; France; Germany

Separated

Honolulu HI

Unit responsibility

Field Artillery

Personal responsibility

Detail section, 522 FA Battery Section (gun) C

Major battles (if served in a war zone)

Last push into Germany

Living conditions

Hutment (sic) - during training. Houses out of combat zone. Individual tent in combat. Meals were good. Our cook prepare oriental meals with rice as often as they could . Took showers wherever and whenever possible.

Most vivid memory of military experience

Spending 4 hours in greyhound station bath room after curfew in order not to be taken in by Military Police.

Missed most whilst in the military

Japanese food.

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

Gave me the opportunity to complete my college education. Some wonderful relationships I developed. Got to see places and conditions in the South first hand - prejudice against blacks as well as Jews.