日系アメリカ人兵役体験記録データベース
William Nobuo Ikeda
性別
Male
生年月日
1919-8-10
出生地
Glasgow MT, U.S.A.
入隊した年
1941-9-24, Ft. McArthur CA
入隊のタイプ
Volunteer
所属・部署
Army
兵役のタイプ
War
所属部隊のタイプ
Combat
所属部隊
IRTC, 442nd RCT, 17th Airborne, 82nd Airborne, SHAEF
特殊技能
028 auto shop foreman, squad leader airborne operations, armored tank instructor
最終目標
Ft. McArthur, Robinson, Fannin, Shelby, Riley, Roberts, Benning, Kilmer, France, Germany, England
除隊した年
Berlin, Germany
所属部隊の役割
Training, combat parachuting, spearheading, shock troop
所属部隊での個人的役割
I was a squad leader, rifleman and shop foreman
主な戦闘（交戦地帯へ従軍した場合）
Invasion of Germany
勲章・褒章（個人又は所属部隊）
CIB, Bronze Arrowhead, Parachute Badge
生活状況
Garrison, field conditions we slept anywhere and bathed whenever we had the chance. We ate whatever was available. For entertainment we read.
軍隊生活で最も記憶に残っている出来事
Flying over WWII trenches and wondering what our resistance would be as we parachuted in.
軍隊にいる間、最も懐かしかったもの
Pecan ice cream and Vienna cookies
個人的に軍隊経験から学んだ最も重要なこと
It showed the average American public what the Niseis were made of.
その他の情報
I was the luckiest person in the world to serve and be able to enjoy life after that. My heart and sympathy goes to the real heroes who didn't return.
