Sexo

Male

Fecha de Nacimiento

1927-1-25

Lugar de Nacimiento

Los Angeles CA, U.S.A.

Inducted

, Los Angeles CA

Tipo de Alistamiento

Volunteer

Afiliación Militar

Army

Tipo de servicio prestado

War

Tipo de unidad militar

Combat

Unidades a las que sirvió

7th Div. MECZ. Cav. Rcn. Trp. Seoul, Korea

Especialidad militar

Jeep driver/ interpreter

Asignado

USA: Camp Beale, CA; Ft. Knox, KY;
Other Countries: Seoul, Korea; Shizuoka, Japan

Retirado

Camp Stoneman CA

Responsabilidad en la unidad

To patrol the 38th parallel and monitor the N. Korean Army.

Responsabilidad individual

Jeep driver in scout section of platoon also drove company commander.

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

W.W. II Victory Medal
Korean Occupation Medal (Japan)

Condiciones de Vida

We were stationed in Japanese Army barracks in a large area with 7th Div. Q.M., 7th Div. Band, 601st Malaria Detachment Grp.

Recuerdo más vívido de la experiencia militar

The Korean people couldn't understand how a Japanese could be in the U.S. Army. They wanted to know how I, a Japanese, was in a U.S. Army uniform. The Koreans didn't realize Koreans and Japanese had emigrated to Hawaii and U.S. and we were born there and citizens.

Lo que más extraño durante su tiempo en las fuerzas armadas

Rice, plain (steamed) rice

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

As a boy of 14 years of age, I and both parents were interned at Heart Mtn., Wyoming. As a U.S. born citizen and to be interned as an enemy of U.S. was an outrage. We are Orientals, our facial and physical feature are not Anglo. We will always be a minority even after all these generation in America. Are we totally intergrated now or just tolerated?

Información adicional

After service in the Army, my father, mother and I started a business. We three worked very hard from early morning to late at night. After 2 years, my father passed on. My mother and I had to work harder to pay off debts. I am now nearly 70 years of age. The last 50 years of work and play has produced 3 children and 1 grand child. A good wife makes me a very contented retiree.