Sexo

Male

Fecha de Nacimiento

1926-8-18

Lugar de Nacimiento

San Francisco CA, U.S.A.

Inducted

1945-2-9, Philadelphia PA

Tipo de Alistamiento

Draftee

Afiliación Militar

Army

Tipo de servicio prestado

War

Tipo de unidad militar

Support

Unidades a las que sirvió

Allied Translator Interpreter Service (ATIS) GHQ, Document Section

Especialidad militar

Translator/Interpreter, Japanese language

Asignado

USA - Camp Gorden, Augusta, GA, Fort Snelling, MN; Tokyo, Japan

Retirado

Camp Beale CA

Responsabilidad en la unidad

Examine, inspect and analyze all documents found in various Japanese ministries, such as Army, Naval and Education Ministries. Isolated pertinent documents for micro filming for archive collection in Washington, D.C., USA

Responsabilidad individual

Examine documents, prepared shipments to USA.

Batallas principales (si sirvió en una zona de guerra)

None

Condiciones de Vida

We were billeted in an office building in Tokyo, formerly the Nippon Yusen Kaisha Bldg. Slept on army cots and meals were eaten in a large meeting hall. Since many of us were Nisei, part of our rations were exchanged for Japanese type food, like rice, takuan, nori, etc. Entertainment was at USO and through travel to remote areas - where there were no GI Occupation troops.

Recuerdo más vívido de la experiencia militar

Most awkward hard to handle situation was to attend my uncle's memorial service. He was a Japanese Army soldier who died in battle on Saipan and I was dressed in U.S.Army uniform. Relatives knew my circumstance so there was no hard feelings.

Lo que más extraño durante su tiempo en las fuerzas armadas

Family, friends and home cooked food (Japanese)

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

I was fortunate to be assigned to Japan and had the opportunity to look up family relatives. My parents were greatly relieved to get all the news when no news was available during the war years.