性別

Male

生年月日

1919-7-27

出生地

Stockton CA, U.S.A.

入隊した年

1940-10-1, Sacramento CA

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

Quartermaster Corps, Station Complement, Ft. Sill OK; Battery C, 522nd FA Bn, 442nd Infantry Regimental Combat Team

特殊技能

Artillery Forward Observer/Instrument Officer

最終目標

Ft. Ord, CA; Camp Haan, CA; Ft. Sill, OK; Camp Shelby, MS; Italy; France; Germany

除隊した年

Camp Kilmer NJ

所属部隊の役割

522nd provided artillery support for infantry.

所属部隊での個人的役割

Accompany Infantry Unit on attack and locate and provide artillery fire for advance or cover.

主な戦闘（交戦地帯へ従軍した場合）

Italian, French and German campaigns

勲章・褒章（個人又は所属部隊）

Bronze Star - for providing artillery fire in the rescue of the 'Lost Battalion' in Bruyeres, France. My group of four accompanied I Company, 3rd Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment before, during and after the rescue of the Lost Battalion of the 36th Division.

生活状況

During combat, I slept in foxholes dug by myself. I took no baths. I ate cold rations most of the time. We had no entertainment unless one considers destruction of enemy equipment and personnel as entertainment.

軍隊生活で最も記憶に残っている出来事

There are many, but the most vivid is my radioing back to Headquarters that our unit had reached our objective, the Lost Battalion. Our telephone lines were out (shot?) and it was a relief to be able to announce our success.

軍隊にいる間、最も懐かしかったもの

It is difficult to say. Home, loved ones, freedom to describe what I could do and eating Japanese food are the things I missed the most.

個人的に軍隊経験から学んだ最も重要なこと

It was very important to me that I saw for myself what a real war was on a large scale in 1943-45, and to have been able to volunteer for a rather hazardous job. Initially, I had a rear echelon position as a motor sergeant. I was exposed to heavy fighting and came out of the experience intact and unscathed. To experience an active war is something which one can always use as a baseline for all activities in the subsequent years (since 1945).

その他の情報

Before the war experience, I was a budding auto mechanic. I still repair and love cars. After the war (I was in the Army for over four years), I went to college under the GI Bill. I finished my Bachelor degree and received a PhD in Biology. Since then, I have taught and done research in Germany (MLX Plank Institute in Wilhelmshanen), Cornell University Medical School in New York City and have been at Harvard Medical School in Boston since 1960. I became emeritus Professor in 1990, but still (January 1995) come in to work every day at my old job, just for the fun of it. I, also, keep busy building my big garage, repairing my house and repairing cars.