Sexo

Male

Fecha de Nacimiento

1925-1-30

Lugar de Nacimiento

Watsonville CA, U.S.A.

Inducted

1944-9-17, Fort Douglas UT

Tipo de Alistamiento

Draftee

Afiliación Militar

Army

Tipo de servicio prestado

War,peacetime

Unidades a las que sirvió

9th Infantry Division - Quartermaster and 9th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop

Especialidad militar

Infantry; Rifleman; General Clerk

Asignado

Camp Blanding, FL; Germany.

Retirado

Camp Beale CA

Responsabilidad en la unidad

9th Quartermaster - Guard prisoners and distribute food and clothes. 9th Cavalry Recon Troop - Keep the peace.

Responsabilidad individual

Guard German and Polish prisoners; Distribute food and clothes; As a clerk, updated rosters, typed letters, etc.

Batallas principales (si sirvió en una zona de guerra)

Occupational force in Germany.

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

European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal; Good Conduct Medal; World War II Victory Medal; Army of Occupation Medal

Condiciones de Vida

Stayed in German barracks. Had showers and baths. Meals were very good. For entertainment went to company dances, played cards with my buddies, and took tours to Denmark, Switzerland, and France.

Recuerdo más vívido de la experiencia militar

Me, a small guy with a '45' pistol guarding a dozen over six foot German SS prisoners - by myself! In the reconnaissance troop, we stopped refugees-prisoners from rioting.

Lo que más extraño durante su tiempo en las fuerzas armadas

Home with my family. I appreciated Mom washing my clothes, etc.

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

War is terrible - destruction of homes, buildings, starving children, homeless people, etc. Fortunately it didn't happen here in the USA. I'm proud to have served in the US military

Información adicional

Was a farmer. Started farming in Watsonville with his brothers and grew strawberries on his own until his retirement in 2000. He continued tending to his greenhouse garden at home. Was a devoted and active member of the Watsonville Buddhist Temple.