性別

Male

生年月日

1916-12-30

出生地

Beaverhill OR, U.S.A.

入隊した年

1945-4-1, Salt Lake City UT

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

Support

所属部隊

MISLS D-11(Graduated Snelling, Sept. 1945)
ATIS and General Accounting - GHQ, Tokyo

特殊技能

Originally Military Intelligence Service, but transferred to General Accounting Section GHQ, Tokyo, Japan

最終目標

USA: Ft. Snelling, MN
Other Countries: Tokyo, Japan; Korea

除隊した年

Tokyo, Japan

所属部隊の役割

Accounting for captured war material

所属部隊での個人的役割

Accountant

生活状況

Lived after basic training in Tokyo, Japan. Lived in rooms in apartment-like buildings. Had community showers and traveled around Japan and Korea. Since the war was over by the time I finished Basic, we really enjoyed Army life.

軍隊生活で最も記憶に残っている出来事

I was sent to Fort Snelling to increase my knowledge of Japanese. After 1 month was sent to Japan as an interpreter; but was unable to read many characters.

軍隊にいる間、最も懐かしかったもの

I missed my family and friends, but made up partially by making new ones.

個人的に軍隊経験から学んだ最も重要なこと

To be able to get along and understand strangers.