Sexo

Male

Fecha de Nacimiento

1931-6-23

Lugar de Nacimiento

Long Beach CA, U.S.A.

Inducted

1952-2-15, Cleveland OH

Tipo de Alistamiento

Draftee

Afiliación Militar

Army

Tipo de servicio prestado

War

Tipo de unidad militar

Combat

Unidades a las que sirvió

'G' Company, 19th Regiment, 24th Division, 3rd Platoon
'C' Company, 9th Regiment, 2nd Division

Especialidad militar

Light Infantry - Rifleman (MOS 1745)

Asignado

USA: Schofield Barracks, HI(basic training); Camp Atterbury, IN (honorable discharge).
Other Countries: Japan, Korea

Retirado

Camp Atterbury IN

Responsabilidad en la unidad

Provide light infantry combat support during the Korean conflict to the multi-national UN Force.

Responsabilidad individual

Initially as a rifleman in a rifle squad; then squad leader; and finally as platoon sergeant of a rifle platoon.

Batallas principales (si sirvió en una zona de guerra)

Heartbreak sector.
T-bone/Pork chop sector.
Nori/M-1 Hill sector.
Gibraltar/ 4 Apostles sector.
1062 Papa-san/Iron triangle sector;
Boomerang sector.

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

Combat Infantryman badge
UN Service medal
Korean Service medal with 2 Bronze Stars
National Defense Service medal
Wharang medal (from Korean government)
U.S. Presidential Unit Citation
Korean Presidential Unit Citation

Condiciones de Vida

'On-line':
Slept in man-made sand-bag bunkers or in 'open' fighting positions.
Bathed very little except for 'wipe-downs' with damp cloth. Water was always a critical commodity.
Meals were basically C-rations. Hot meals very periodic and seldom.
Entertainment was sitting around and talking with your fellow squad members.
Slept whenever possible.

Recuerdo más vívido de la experiencia militar

First combat engagement.
Bidding farewell to fallen comrades.
Saying goodbye to the guys when my rotation time came to go home (it was like leaving your family).

Lo que más extraño durante su tiempo en las fuerzas armadas

Family especially - but also unregimented personal free time - which very seldom occurs in military life.

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

Becoming more self-reliant and able to take care of one's self.
Having faced adversity and having prevailed through it all.
Also the opportunity to go to college on the Korean Vereran's Educational Bill.

Información adicional

I feel that the Japanese Americans who fought in the Korean conflict, upheld to the utmost, those fighting traditions established by our brothers, uncles and cousins who fought in WW II.

George Tabata passed away on April 9, 2000 in Gardena, CA.