Sexo

Male

Fecha de Nacimiento

1943-3-22

Lugar de Nacimiento

Manzanar, Inyo County CA, U.S.A.

Inducted

1967-12-27, Boston MA

Tipo de Alistamiento

Draftee

Afiliación Militar

Army

Tipo de servicio prestado

War

Tipo de unidad militar

Support

Unidades a las que sirvió

2nd Medical Brigade (USAR)
Fort Ord US Army Hospital, Monterey, CA (active)
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC (active)
Office of the Secretary of Defense (active)

Especialidad militar

Medical Service Corps: Biochemist, Clinical Laboratory Officer, Nuclear Medical Science Officer

Asignado

USA: Washington, DC; Monterey, CA
Other Countries: Camp Zama, Japan

Retirado

The Pentagon, Washington DC

Responsabilidad en la unidad

Chief of Laboratory Service
Director of Clinical Pathology Laboratory

Responsabilidad individual

USAR Not on Active Duty
7/67-1/68: Control Group

Active Duty
1/68-1/70: Clinical Lab Officer, USAH, Fort Ord, CA

USAR
1/70-7/75: Control Group
7/75-7/78: Chief Clinical Lab Officer, 45th Station Hospital, Ft. Vancouver, WA
7/78-9/79: Training Officer, 44th Evac Hospital, Oklahoma City, OK
10/82-12/83: Officer-in-Charge, Section 3, 6253rd USAH, Reno, NV
9/79-7/87: Chief, Clinical Lab Officer, 6253rd USAH, Hamilton field, CA
7/87-6/91: Chief, Clinical Lab Officer, 347th Gen Hospital, Sunnyvale, CA
7/87-8/90:Chief, NBC Officer, 347th Gen Hospital, Sunnyvale, CA
7/91-2/02:Nuclear Medical Science Officer, 2nd Hospital Center, Hamilton, CA (changed to 2nd Med Bde, San Pablo, CA)
Administration of hospital laboratory
Research Scientist
3/02-2/03:Medical Staff Officer, Director, Operational Testing & Evaluation, OSD, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

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

Order of Military Medical Merit (June 1995) for meritorious service to the Army Medical Department
Soldier's Medal for heroism on 9/11/01 Pentagon attack
Meritorious Service Medal w/three Oak Leaf Clusters for exceptional services to the medical units
Army Commendation Medal w/five Oak Leaf Clusters
Army Achievement Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal w/silver hour glass
Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal w/six Oak Leaf Clusters
National Defense Medal w/one Star
Army Reserve Component Overseas Training Ribbon w/numeral nine
AMSUS Ribbon

Recuerdo más vívido de la experiencia militar

I made great long-lasting friends while I was in military, especially when we spent 24 hours a day together.

Lo que más extraño durante su tiempo en las fuerzas armadas

A letter and family.

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

1. Serving my country for which it stands: Liberty, freedom, justice and pursuit of happiness. . .although it was a wrong war (Vietnam War).
2. Knowing what Nisei soldiers did to earn their loyalty as US citizens during WW II in the 100th Battalion, 442 RCT and MIS. I was proud to carry this tradition. My father served in WW I; my half-brother in Korean War and two other brothers in Vietnam War.

Información adicional

Civilian Occupation
1. Chairperson/Program Director, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
2. Clinical Laboratory Director, UNLV Student Health Services, Las Vegas, NV
3. The State of Nevada Medical Laboratory Advisory Committee (1994-1998)
4. Board certified as a Medical Laboratory Director
5. Held a title of Diplomat and three 'Fellow' memberships.