Base de Datos de Experiencias Militares de Japoneses Americanos
Albert Michinori "Al" Shigekuni
Sexo
Male
Fecha de Nacimiento
1927-11-20
Lugar de Nacimiento
Heeia, Oahu HI, USA
Inducted
1949-09-12, HI
Tipo de Alistamiento
Volunteer
Afiliación Militar
Army
Tipo de servicio prestado
War,peacetime
Tipo de unidad militar
Support
Unidades a las que sirvió
ATIS GHQ
521st MIS
338 MIS
USARPACGen Depot, Japan
45th AHM Co, 1st Region, Army Air Defense Command, 3rd BCT.Bde
266th S & SBn
USA Ord Ctr & School
Especialidad militar
Military Intelligence
Interrogator
Logistics
Administration
Asignado
USA: Ft. Meade, MD; Ft. Shafter, HI; Ft. Totten, NY; Ft. Dix, NJ; Aberdeen, MD
Japan; Korea; Vietnam
Responsabilidad en la unidad
Various
Responsabilidad individual
Mostly administrative supervision.
Batallas principales (si sirvió en una zona de guerra)
Invasion of Inchon, Korea
Reconocimientos, medallas, menciones (individuales o de la unidad)
Bronze Star
Army Commendation Medal w/cluster
Various campaign and service medals (including occupation, Korean and RVN)
Condiciones de Vida
Korea: Large tents to vacant houses or buildings.
Field showers were available.
Occasionally used old Japanese type "furo".
Meals consisted mostly of "C-rations" but occasionally cooked rice.
When beer rations were available, two guys with ukuleles made Hawaiian music to flow.
Vietnam: Prefab aluminum huts were available for quarters.
Showering facilities were available.
We had hot meals daily at a dining hall.
Entertainment: movies.
Lo que más extraño durante su tiempo en las fuerzas armadas
Separation from family during short tour assignments.
¿En lo personal, qué obtuvo de su experiencia militar?
That war is wasteful and destructive and we need to learn to co-exist with fellow human beings on this crowded planet in order to prevent wars