Sexo

Male

Fecha de Nacimiento

1925-4-4

Lugar de Nacimiento

Naalehu HI, U.S.A.

Inducted

1946-6-20, Schofield Barracks HI

Tipo de Alistamiento

Volunteer

Afiliación Militar

Army

Tipo de servicio prestado

War,peacetime

Tipo de unidad militar

Combat,sup

Unidades a las que sirvió

441st CIC (319th MI CO.)
Sig Tech Intel Team #1
Sig Tech Intel Team #2
5th RCT
525th M.I.Co. Hq. Co., Ft. Bragg, NC
Sig Serv Det #4 (Yokohama)
Co. B 8047th Sig Bn., Kanaoka Barracks, Osaka, Japan

Especialidad militar

Interpreter
Rifleman
Intelligence Analyst
Photolab Specialist

Asignado

USA: Schofield Barracks, HI,Ft. Dix, NJ, Ft. Monmouth, NJ, Ft. Bragg, NC, Arlington Hall Station, Presidio of Monterey

Other Countries:
Japan: Camp Drake, Tokyo; Ibaraki Prefecture - Isohama, Mito; Osaka - Kanaoka Barracks; Hiroshima
Korea: Pusan through almost to Yalu River (14 miles short) and places in B/T.

Retirado

Oakland Army Terminal CA

Responsabilidad en la unidad

441st CIC - Intelligence
5th RCT - Korean Conflict
Signal Tech. Intel Team No. 2 - Signal intelligence and Vietnam Signal Technical Intelligence Support

Responsabilidad individual

Wire Communication Crew
Rifleman.

Batallas principales (si sirvió en una zona de guerra)

South Korean perimeter - breakthrough & liberation of South Korea
North Korean Campaign - Red Chinese intrusion and evacuation to the South and back up into North Korea and stalemate.

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

WW II Victory Medal
Occupation Medal (Japan)
Good Conduct Medal w/5 Leafs
Combat Infantryman Badge
United Nations Service Medal
Korean Service Medal w/1 Silver + 1 Bronze Service Star
National Defense Service Medal
Commendation Ribbon w/Metal Pendant, Oak Leaf Cluster
2 Overseas Bars
Sharpshooter Medal (Carbine)
Sharpshooter Medal (Rifle)

Condiciones de Vida

Slept in: foxholes, ditches, tents, Korean Bldgs (in sleeping bags when available).
Bathed in: in streams, rivers, helmet, once when a shower unit came to rest area (3rd bath).
Meals: I can never forget two instances. Vienna sausages 3 times a day for about two months. Corned beef 3 times a day for about 2 weeks. Other meals were K-rations, C- rations, 5 in ones and 10 in ones. Entertainment: non existent.

Lo que más extraño durante su tiempo en las fuerzas armadas

Good food.

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

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