性別

Male

生年月日

1927-9-21

出生地

Hilo HI, U.S.A.

入隊した年

1946-2-14, Honolulu HI

入隊のタイプ

Volunteer

所属・部署

Army

兵役のタイプ

Peacetime

所属部隊のタイプ

Support

所属部隊

7775 Signal Service Co.

特殊技能

502 - Administrative in Communications - Signal Corps

最終目標

U.S.A., Germany

除隊した年

Honolulu HI

所属部隊の役割

Maintain communications via telephone, teletype and radio.

所属部隊での個人的役割

Communication Sergeant - writing SOP's (Standard Operating Procedures) for the various operations.

勲章・褒章（個人又は所属部隊）

When Gen. Omar Bradley visited, we were selected as the honor guard based on our impeccable service record. About 1/4 to 1/3 of our outfit was from Hawaii and of various racial extractions.

生活状況

Lived at the repeater station in Bremen, Germany but dined at HQ. We had showers. As part of reparations (I believe), we had a cafeteria with waitresses. Slowly things got to be more GI. When we transferred to Bremerhaven, Germany, everything was strictly GI. Reveille, mess hall food, weekly inspections, etc. Athletics - golf, swimming, basketball, volleyball, etc. was our entertainment. We also had a club for drinking and shows.

軍隊生活で最も記憶に残っている出来事

My furlough to Paris, Rome, Milan all over Switzerland, Holland and Denmark. In Italy - St. Peter's Cathedral with Michaelangelo's masterpiece, the original 'Last Supper', the Catacombs in Rome, and the Cathedral of Milan. Denmark: Tivoli Gardens and the breweries; Paris: Eiffel Tower, Arc d'Triumph, Versailles and the Louvre; Holland: the tulip gardens and Chinese restaurants; Switzerland: The Alps, and the cleanliness and punctuality.

軍隊にいる間、最も懐かしかったもの

Family, girl friend and rice.

個人的に軍隊経験から学んだ最も重要なこと

That I was kind to the Germans who worked for me at the repeater station and that I be-friended a number of children who did not beg. I visited a couple of living quarters in the ruins - cramped and spartan but clean.

その他の情報

My primary purpose for volunteering for 3 years after I was drafted was for the GI Bill to go to college; the secondary purpose was to travel in Europe. Japan was close enough so I could manage it on my own. Discrimination in the army - my position called for 6 stripes (Master Sergeant) but I had only 3; the directory clerk (Caucasian) called for 2 stripes but he had 4. The clerk outranked his boss! They offered me another stripe if I re-upped but I told them I had to pursue an education.