442nd Infantry Regt

Heavy Mortar Crewman

Fort Bliss, TX; Fort Riley, KS; Camp Shelby, MS; Italy; France; England

Heavy weapons

Lead the men; taught use of mortar fire; binoculars.

North Appenines; Po Valley; Rhineland

American Defense Service Medal; America Campaign Medal; European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal; Good Conduct Medal; Purple Heart GO 36 HQ 38th Evac Hosp 45; World War II Victory Medal; (wounded in action in Italy on April 5, 1945); Bronze Star

During battle didn't bathe for the duration of the attack. Meals - lots of 'spam'.

During one attack, a comrade with whom I was fighting said to go another terrace. Just as I left, he got a direct hit.

Tsukemono and rice.

I saw Europe in its devastation. Saw people starving and in desperation.

I was in U.S. uniform but was forced to leave a restaurant in Texas because of a threat from a customer who had animosity against some Japanese people.