Sexo

Male

Fecha de Nacimiento

1919-9-18

Lugar de Nacimiento

Baldwin Park CA, U.S.A.

Inducted

1941-3-12, Ft. MacArthur CA

Tipo de Alistamiento

Draftee

Afiliación Militar

Army

Tipo de servicio prestado

War

Tipo de unidad militar

Support

Unidades a las que sirvió

3rd Medical Battalion, Ft. Lewis, WA
Station Hospital, Camp Roberts, CA
Station Hospital, Camp Crowder, MO
Madigan General Hospital, Ft. Lewis, WA

Especialidad militar

#861 - Surgical Technician

Asignado

USA:
Ft. Lewis, WA
Camp Roberts, CA
Camp Crowder, MO
Ft. Lewis, WA

Retirado

Ft. Lewis WA

Responsabilidad en la unidad

Give medical aid to patients.

Responsabilidad individual

Assist surgeons during surgical operation in operating room.

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

Pre-Pearl Harbor Medal
Good Conduct Medal

Condiciones de Vida

Slept in regular barracks - shower bath.
Meals in hospital were excellent, can't complain.
Every military post had theaters strategically scattered throughout the base.
We were allowed to come and go as we pleased with passes from the orderly room.

Recuerdo más vívido de la experiencia militar

My first day as a hospital orderly, I was asked to give nose drops to a patient lying on his back. I accidentally dropped it in his eyes. It was an accident.

Lo que más extraño durante su tiempo en las fuerzas armadas

Some rice, but it wasn't unbearable. I went 57 mo.s without it. It was no big deal with me.

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

Being just 21 - it taught us to be independent, on your own. It made us grow up to be a man. Learn how to get along with others - respect your officer - obey orders.

Información adicional

Being Japanese, we were self conscious, quiet, obedient. But when we became cpls and sgts, we got up and shouted orders to lower rank enlisted men. From boys we became men.