Sexo

Male

Fecha de Nacimiento

1921-07-13

Lugar de Nacimiento

Ninole, No. Hilo HI, USA

Inducted

1942-12-12, Ft. Leavenworth KS

Tipo de Alistamiento

Volunteer

Afiliación Militar

Army

Tipo de servicio prestado

War

Tipo de unidad militar

Combat

Unidades a las que sirvió

Merrill's Marauders, Seatic, Northern Chinese Combat Command OSS OWI MISLS Sec 4(Graduated Savage, Dec. 1942)

Especialidad militar

Military Intelligence Service Language Specialist

Asignado

USA: Camp Savage, MN; Camp Shelby, MS Other Countries: China, Burma, India

Retirado

Camp McCoy WS

Responsabilidad en la unidad

Recapture Burma Road to China from the Japanese occupied territories of Assam, India and Northern Burma.

Responsabilidad individual

Lead scouting patrol, interrogate captured prisoners, translate captured documents and listening post.

Batallas principales (si sirvió en una zona de guerra)

We recaptured the Myitkyin and Northern Burma railhead and all-weather airfield with the Merrill's Marauders.

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

Presidential Unit Citation for re-opening the 'Back door of China Bronze Star Medal for performing MIS functions while under fire Chinese Commendation Ribbon Chinese Nationalists OSS Citation by Col. Quentin Roosevelt for work with Japanese prisoners of war in producing 'Black Propaganda'.

Condiciones de Vida

With Merrill's Marauders under battle conditions, we slept in foxholes. We had no baths except when crossing rivers and streams. We ate C and K Rations. For entertainment(?) we listened to the enemy talk.

Recuerdo más vívido de la experiencia militar

The will to survive even under the most adverse conditions. Horses and mules dying from sheer exhaustion while the Marauders pressed on toward their final objective while carrying their precious rations and weapons themselves.

Lo que más extraño durante su tiempo en las fuerzas armadas

I missed my fiancee I left in Minneapolis.

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

A chance to prove that my loyalty lies with the country of my birth and that America is still the 'Land of the Free and the Brave', regardless of race, creed or religion..

Información adicional

I am especially proud of the role the Nisei Veterans played in the immediate post World War II era in all walks of life. From politics, to the professions, to business, they have proven their worthiness as they have done on the battlefields of Europe and Asia. A veterinarian, and founder of Care Animal Hospital and Aloha Animal Hospital.