Sexo

Male

Fecha de Nacimiento

1921-11-24

Lugar de Nacimiento

Bakersfield CA, U.S.A.

Inducted

1944-7-20, Fort Sheridan IL

Tipo de Alistamiento

Draftee

Afiliación Militar

Army

Tipo de servicio prestado

War

Tipo de unidad militar

Support

Unidades a las que sirvió

215th Quartermaster Service Corp

Especialidad militar

Rifleman

Asignado

Camp Blanding, FL; Ft. Meade, MD; Germany.

Retirado

Fort Sheridan IL

Responsabilidad en la unidad

Occupation of Germany; Quartermaster Service Corp.

Responsabilidad individual

Clothing repair; Motor Pool; Supply Depot Fire Chief.

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

Victory Medal; European-Middle Eastern-African Theater Ribbon; 2 Oversea Bars; Army of Occupation Medal-Germany; Good Conduct Medal.

Condiciones de Vida

We lived in barracks and had showers. As a Nisei replacement unit, we got rice quite often. Went sight-seeing and drank beer at a pub for entertainment. Furloughed in Switzerland and Italy for entertainment also.

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

Proved to US that JA's were loyal Americans.

Información adicional

I was working in Bakersfield, CA as an autobody apprentice when war started on 12/7/1941.

Relocated to Poston, AZ from 1942 to 1943.

Relocated to Denver, CO in May 1943.

Relocated to Chicago, IL in May 1944 and entered the service and was discharged here.

Married Sadako Morikawa Nov. 1949.

Retired as autobody combination man at Cadillac dealer.

Used to race in my younger days, but currently only bowl in a Nisei league.

Three brothers served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. One brother served in MIS.

Wife, Sadako, passed away June 3, 1997