Sexo

Male

Fecha de Nacimiento

1920-2-6

Lugar de Nacimiento

HI, U.S.A.

Inducted

1943-3-23, Schofield Barracks HI

Tipo de Alistamiento

Volunteer

Afiliación Militar

Army

Tipo de servicio prestado

War

Tipo de unidad militar

Combat

Unidades a las que sirvió

522nd Field Artillery Bn., 442nd R.C.T.

Especialidad militar

Anti-Aircraft Machine Gunner

Asignado

Mississippi, Italy, France, Germany, Hawaii

Responsabilidad en la unidad

We supported the 442nd Infantry with artillery

Responsabilidad individual

My responsibility was to oversee the operation of two 50-caliber machine guns.

Batallas principales (si sirvió en una zona de guerra)

Rome-Arno Campaign; Rhineland Campaign (Battle of Bruyeres); No. Appenines Campaign; Central Europe Campaign.

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

Asiatic-Pacific Service Medal, American Campaign Service Medal, European-African-Middle-Eastern Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal.

Condiciones de Vida

We slept in trucks, houses, foxholes as circumstances changed. We bathed from steel helmets or in showers during prolonged breaks. Meals were C and K Rations, 10 in l Rations and hot meals. Card-playing was most frequent form of entertainment, plus the occasional U.S.O. show.

Lo que más extraño durante su tiempo en las fuerzas armadas

Home cooking and family.

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

I gained self-confidence and learned the need to work together.

Información adicional

The G.I. Bill made it possible for me to go to graduate school for advanced degrees in plant genetics.