Sexo

Male

Fecha de Nacimiento

1916-12-30

Lugar de Nacimiento

Beaverhill OR, U.S.A.

Inducted

1945-4-1, Salt Lake City UT

Tipo de Alistamiento

Draftee

Afiliación Militar

Army

Tipo de servicio prestado

War

Tipo de unidad militar

Support

Unidades a las que sirvió

MISLS D-11(Graduated Snelling, Sept. 1945)
ATIS and General Accounting - GHQ, Tokyo

Especialidad militar

Originally Military Intelligence Service, but transferred to General Accounting Section GHQ, Tokyo, Japan

Asignado

USA: Ft. Snelling, MN
Other Countries: Tokyo, Japan; Korea

Retirado

Tokyo, Japan

Responsabilidad en la unidad

Accounting for captured war material

Responsabilidad individual

Accountant

Condiciones de Vida

Lived after basic training in Tokyo, Japan. Lived in rooms in apartment-like buildings. Had community showers and traveled around Japan and Korea. Since the war was over by the time I finished Basic, we really enjoyed Army life.

Recuerdo más vívido de la experiencia militar

I was sent to Fort Snelling to increase my knowledge of Japanese. After 1 month was sent to Japan as an interpreter; but was unable to read many characters.

Lo que más extraño durante su tiempo en las fuerzas armadas

I missed my family and friends, but made up partially by making new ones.

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

To be able to get along and understand strangers.