性別

Male

生年月日

1918-01-12

出生地

Berkeley CA, USA

入隊した年

1941-10-01, Fort Douglas 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

Combat

所属部隊

MISLS (Graduated Savage, June 1942) I Corps, Sixth Army HQ, ATIS (Allied Translator and Interpreter Section)

特殊技能

Military Intelligence

最終目標

USA: Camp Savage, MN; Washington, DC Other Countries: Australia; New Guinea; Philippines

除隊した年

Washington DC

所属部隊の役割

Translation of captured documents/interrogation of prisoners of war/ preparation of propaganda leaflets.

所属部隊での個人的役割

In charge of language detachments.

主な戦闘（交戦地帯へ従軍した場合）

Papua Campaign Buna Campaign Philippine Liberation Campaign

勲章・褒章（個人又は所属部隊）

Bronze Star for performance in New Guinea Campaign Presidential Unit Citations for I Corps (New Guinea) and Sixth Army (Philippines)

生活状況

In New Guinea we slept on makeshift beds in the jungle. We bathed in stagnant pools of water. We had Australian hard tack and bully beef. Captured Japanese food occasionally. No entertainment. John Wayne and Gary Cooper visited.

軍隊生活で最も記憶に残っている出来事

Rejection by starving prisoners of Australian bully beef. Filipinos yelling 'Baka' at us as we rode our jeeps in Manila.

その他の情報

Residence: Silver Springs, MD. Retired Colonel USAR. Founder of Japanese American Veterans Association (JAVA) in 1992. He obtained bachelor and master degrees from Georgetown University. He joined Central Intelligence Agency after graduation and participated in the military reserve program, and served at various overseas locations, including Japan and South Vietnam. Following his retirement from the CIA in 1973, he was employed by the Food and Drug Administration for 17 years. Served a two-year term as secretary and then on the Board of Directors of the National Japanese American Memorial Foundation, which constructed the National Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During WW II, located near the US Capitol Building.