Sexo

Male

Fecha de Nacimiento

1924-4-29

Lugar de Nacimiento

Lahaina, Maui HI, U.S.A.

Inducted

1943-3-24, Honolulu HI

Tipo de Alistamiento

Volunteer

Afiliación Militar

Army

Tipo de servicio prestado

War

Tipo de unidad militar

Combat

Unidades a las que sirvió

522 Field Artillery Battalion, C Battery 442 RCT.

Especialidad militar

Truck Driver, Light Cannoneer.

Asignado

U.S.A., Italy, France, Germany

Retirado

Honolulu HI

Responsabilidad en la unidad

Artillery support for 442nd RCT.

Responsabilidad individual

Truck driver - cannoneer.

Batallas principales (si sirvió en una zona de guerra)

Rome-Arno Campaign, North Appennines, Rhineland Campaign, Central Europe Campaign

Reconocimientos, medallas, menciones (individuales o de la unidad)

EAME Service Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Service Medal

Condiciones de Vida

Slept in pup tents or in the open w/ sleeping bag. Used steel helmet to bathe or jump in streams if available. Meals? No complaints - we survived. We entertained ourselves by playing cards, talking stories in a group, writing letters home.

Recuerdo más vívido de la experiencia militar

Learning of my best friend's death in France.

Lo que más extraño durante su tiempo en las fuerzas armadas

Family

¿En lo personal, qué obtuvo de su experiencia militar?

Compassion for our stateside buddies. We, from Hawaii, were lucky. Seeing segregation in the South. Discrimination against minorities changed my outlook for life. Respect of Rights of others.

Información adicional

I regret that I did not know about the problems my stateside buddies and families had to go through. These things should be taught at schools (mandatory), so that future generations will be more understanding.