日系アメリカ人兵役体験記録データベース
Kengo Nagasako
ATIS, GHQ
126th RCT
HQ I Corps
HQ 124th Infantry Regiment
31st Infantry Division
HQ 167th Infantry Regiment
Interpreter
Other Countries: Australia; New Guinea; Indonesia; Philippines.
Military intelligence
Philippine Liberation Ribbon with 1 Bronze Star
Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal with Bronze Arrowhead
World War II Victory Medal 10/23/1945
Good Conduct Medal
Combat Infantryman's Badge 08/01/1945
We slept on cots in tents. Had to sleep in foxholes for a few nights after invading Morotai Island in September 1944. Bivouac was located near sources of water, but were we able to shower/bathe daily? How often were we able to do our laundry?
Playing cards - bridge, pinochle, poker - was the main entertainment and the quickest way for me to make new friends at a new post.
One USO show is remembered. Held at Milne Bay, New Guinea, October 1943. We sat on coconut log seats in the blackout outdoor theater. What nostalgic memory of singer Lanny Ross's 'White Christmas'!
On November 13, I received the order to return to the states to be discharged
Mother touched me daily with her prayers. She wrote me regularly. Extracts from two of her early letters: 'Haha no kokoro shinjin mo Kengo no shinjoo ni todokimashoo ne. Kengo ni itsumo oya ga tsuite mamotte imasu kara, shinpai wa hitotsu mo irimasen.' 'Kengo mo chikara tsuyoku hataraki nasai. Mae niwa haha, ushiro niwa chichioya tsuite orimasu kara, kokoro o ohkiku motte shigoto o shinasai'.