性別

Male

生年月日

1919-6-15

出生地

Los Altos CA, U.S.A.

入隊した年

1944-6-24, Ft. Benj. Harrison IN

入隊のタイプ

Draftee

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

442nd regiment, Cannon Company

特殊技能

Communication Chief 542

最終目標

USA - France - Italy

除隊した年

Camp Beale CA

主な戦闘（交戦地帯へ従軍した場合）

Rhineland, France - Northern Appennines, Italy - Po Valley, Italy

勲章・褒章（個人又は所属部隊）

Expert MI Rifle - Combat Infantry Badge - WWII Victory Medal - European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal - Good Conduct Medal - Distinguished Unit Badge with Oak Leaf Cluster

生活状況

When we were in Camp we lived in nice tents and ate good food and when we were in combat we slept on the ground and ate mostly K-rations. In camp we had nice showers; in battle no time for a bath. Entertainment: Mostly Red Cross and USO shows

軍隊生活で最も記憶に残っている出来事

First time I was shot at.

軍隊にいる間、最も懐かしかったもの

Being home and eating Japanese food.

個人的に軍隊経験から学んだ最も重要なこと

I got to see a lot of the outside world and see what it & other people were like.

その他の情報

Photograph enclosed: Kaoru Takano is on the left. -Sunnyvale, CA. Minoru Harada is on the right. -Colusa, CA. Taken during the summer of 1945 when Cannon Co. was guarding POW's near Leghorn, Italy.