Sexo

Male

Fecha de Nacimiento

1922-9-30

Lugar de Nacimiento

Makawele, Kauai HI, U.S.A.

Inducted

1943-3-22, Hanapepe HI

Tipo de Alistamiento

Volunteer

Afiliación Militar

Army

Tipo de servicio prestado

War

Tipo de unidad militar

Combat

Unidades a las que sirvió

H Company, 442nd RCT

Asignado

Camp Shelby, MS, USA; Hawaii, USA; Italy; France; Germany.

Retirado

Camp Beale CA

Responsabilidad en la unidad

Combat with the Germans.

Responsabilidad individual

Keep cool and stay together and combat.

Batallas principales (si sirvió en una zona de guerra)

1-Rome-Arno Campaign; 2-So. France Campaign; 3-Northern Apennines Campaign; 4-Rhineland Campaign; 5-Po Valley Campaign.

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

Bronze Star Medal; 5 Battle Star Campaign Medal; Combat Infantry Badge; Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation with Four Oak Leaf Cluster.

Condiciones de Vida

No change of clothes, no bath while in battle. Slept in holes. Brush teeth and wash face in the morning. Meals-Can rations. No entertainment. Too busy keeping up with the Germans.

Recuerdo más vívido de la experiencia militar

First day in battle seeing my friends being killed.

Lo que más extraño durante su tiempo en las fuerzas armadas

Japanese food. Takuan and rice.

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

To be alive and my duty to my country. Life is so precious. Maintain close relationship with family, friends and community. (Close relationship with friends in combat was my most important experience.) My future was based on my experience in combat.

Información adicional

1-Community Service. 2-Service to friends and organization. 3-Close contact with my war-time buddies. 4-(Last) Happy relationship with my wife and children.