性別

Male

生年月日

1927-8-9

出生地

Waianae HI, U.S.A.

入隊した年

1946-3-1, Schofield Barracks 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

MIS-CIC

特殊技能

Military Intelligence
Interpreter

最終目標

USA: Ft. Snelling, MN;Prresidio of Monterey, CA
Other Countries: Beppu, Kanazawa, Nanao, Japan

除隊した年

Ft. Shafter HI

所属部隊の役割

Military intelligence.

所属部隊での個人的役割

House Manager
Interpreter
Courier
Keep my mind occupied.
Not to think about home.
To get along with all the officers I worked with.

生活状況

Beppu:
Lived in a modern house with onsen bath.
Food more than adequate with a military base nearby.
Probably the only unit with a yacht anchored in bay.
Learned to golf.

Kanazawa:
Spent harsh winter in a Christian kindergarten school. No central heating. Maid came early morning to put on electric heater in our room.

軍隊生活で最も記憶に残っている出来事

My First Job:
The Chief of Police in Kokura invited our unit to a boat-ride/social. Sitting between our Major and the Chief of Police, I leaned over to the Chief to inform him that I was ''new'' at this job, so would he please speak in simple (kantan) Japanese. Our conversation went on smoothly. Ad-libbed a lot.

軍隊にいる間、最も懐かしかったもの

News of the world. In Japan we were insulated. Hardly listened to radio or read newspaper.

個人的に軍隊経験から学んだ最も重要なこと

To live and work among the Japanese people. Learn their culture, language/dialect.

For my family, a visit to Japan. Have closer ties with our relatives in Ehime-ken

その他の情報

Being of Japanese ancestry, my dream was to visit Japan. As a 20 year-old nisei, I had countless opportunities to enrich myself, most illegally. Before I did anything rash, I remembered my mother's advice: ''Help the people.''