Sexo

Male

Fecha de Nacimiento

1929-8-21

Lugar de Nacimiento

Compton CA, U.S.A.

Inducted

1951-1-3, Los Angeles CA

Tipo de Alistamiento

Draftee

Afiliación Militar

Army

Tipo de servicio prestado

War

Tipo de unidad militar

Support

Unidades a las que sirvió

330th MIS. 2nd Div. I.P.W.

Especialidad militar

Interpreter

Asignado

Maryland, U.S.A., Japan, Korea

Retirado

Camp Stoneman CA

Responsabilidad en la unidad

Interrogation of P.O.W.'s

Responsabilidad individual

Same as unit.

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

Army of Occupation Medal; Korean Service Medal; SVC Star; United Nation Service Medal

Condiciones de Vida

We slept in tents & bathed in the stream. We ate regular G.I. hot meals and played volleyball and softball.

Recuerdo más vívido de la experiencia militar

All the POW's were sent to Kojido island in Korea. I understood that there were 80,000 POW's there. There was one regiment of G.I.'s, about 3,000, to guard them. P.O.W.'s were kept in numerous compounds. Each compound contained approximately 2 to 3 thousand P.O.W.'s. We were sent there to separate pro-communist and non-communist. We had a hard time getting them out of their compounds. G.I.'s used tear gas to get them out. After we got them out, we found that they had tunnels dug from one compound to another and they had all kinds of hand made weapons. That was when one of the G.I. Generals went in the compound and was taken hostage.

Lo que más extraño durante su tiempo en las fuerzas armadas

My regular civilian life.

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

I feel I served my country best I can. I would like everyone to know there is nothing better than peace.