Sexo

Male

Fecha de Nacimiento

1924-3-7

Lugar de Nacimiento

Terminal Island CA, U.S.A.

Inducted

1945-2-27, New Orleans LA

Tipo de Alistamiento

Volunteer

Afiliación Militar

Army

Tipo de servicio prestado

Peacetime

Tipo de unidad militar

Support

Unidades a las que sirvió

A Company, 14th Infantry Regiment.

Especialidad militar

Infantry Unit Commander 1542

Asignado

Germany

Retirado

Fort Dix NJ

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

World War II Medal, Army of Occupation Medal, European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal

Recuerdo más vívido de la experiencia militar

My father would share only a few stories of his military experience. (1) While in Germany, he had a woman make a shirt for him out of material from a parachute. Rather than accept payment, she wanted lard. When Seiji brought her a gallon of lard which he had bartered for from the mess hall staff, the woman and her family scooped spoonfuls of the lard directly into their mouths. (2) Seiji had been raised on a Japanese diet of seafood, vegetables and rice in Terminal Island. Less than a week after eating