性別

Male

生年月日

1919-9-20

出生地

Oakland CA, U.S.A.

入隊した年

1942-11-19, Twin Falls ID

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

Naval G-2 Hqs Adm Halsey - 103rd Inf. Regt. ; 43rd Inf. Div.; 379th Inf. Regt. ; 79th Inf. Div.

特殊技能

Interpreter Combat Infantry

最終目標

Camp Savage, Ft. Snelling, Camp Shelby; New Caledonia; New Zealand; New Guinea; Phillipine (Luzon); Biak, and Japan (Gunma-ken).

除隊した年

Fort Logan CO

所属部隊の役割

Combat

所属部隊での個人的役割

Regimental Interpreter

主な戦闘（交戦地帯へ従軍した場合）

New Guinea and Luzon, P.I.

勲章・褒章（個人又は所属部隊）

American Service Medal - Asiatic Pacific Service Medal - Philippine Liberation Ribbon with L Bronze Service Star - World War II Victory Medal - Good Conduct Medal - Bronze Star Medal - Bronze Service Arrowhead - and Combat Infantry Badge

軍隊生活で最も記憶に残っている出来事

It could be humorous but our outfit, the 103rd Inf. Reg, landed at Aitape during the new Guinea campaign in time for the evening meal. The area was secured by the 32nd Inf. Div. and we were fed by them. Around midnight, I developed the 'G.I. Runs' - so I left our tent and headed for the latrine dressed only in my shorts. Near the latrine, I was challenged by a guard with his rifle pointing at me asking for the password. I tried to explain to the guard that I had landed with my outfit just a few hours earlier and we weren't given the password, for the night. He appeared to be just as scared as I was for I knew he was looking down on a J__ in a combat area. Since it didn't seem to me that I wasn't making much headway with him, I started to cuss him up and down with every four, five or six letter words I knew at that time. I told him that I was going to drop my S___ right in front of him and I was going to make sure that our General was going to make you (the guard) clean it up later. Then he lowered his rifle and let me proceed. Yes, I was sweating. P.S. I didn't get a chance to thank the guard the next morning.

個人的に軍隊経験から学んだ最も重要なこと

I volunteered for the U.S. Army from a concentration camp in order to serve the country of my birth.

その他の情報

Post war - thanks to the G.I. Bill I continued and finished my interrupted education at the Univ. of California as an optometrist, now retired.