性別

Male

生年月日

1917-11-14

出生地

Paul ID, U.S.A.

入隊した年

1941-01-23, Boise ID

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

250th Coast Artillery, 17th Infantry, 6th Service Command
442nd Regimental Combat Team ,100th Battalion, Company D

特殊技能

Company clerk; Platoon leader in heavy weapons.

最終目標

California, Illinois, Florida, France and Italy

除隊した年

Ft. Douglas UT

所属部隊の役割

Provided machine gun backup for the rifle companies.

所属部隊での個人的役割

Squad and then platoon leader in heavy weapons company.

主な戦闘（交戦地帯へ従軍した場合）

Rescue of the Lost Battalion
N. Apennines Campaign

勲章・褒章（個人又は所属部隊）

Presidential Unit Citation (Bruyeres Campaign)
Combat Infantryman Badge (Bruyeres Campaign)
Bronze Star Medal (N. Apennines Campaign)
Purple Heart--wounded in left thigh during rescue of 'Lost Battalion' (tree burst).

生活状況

Slept in open fields, fox holes (full of water), and under overhanging rock by hanging pup tents on the side.
Bathed mostly by sponging off with towel.
Meals were mostly OK. Yellow jackets were always coming around during meal time and landing on our mess kits!
For entertainment, mostly bull sessions and playing cards.

軍隊生活で最も記憶に残っている出来事

While crossing the Mediterranean Sea from Marseilles to Naples, I remember being the only one eating breakfast the first day. It seemed like everyone else was seasick because the sea was really rough. I remember eating lots of pineapple for breakfast that morning.

軍隊にいる間、最も懐かしかったもの

I missed fishing and hunting mostly and after the start of l944, I missed my wife whom I married in February l944.

個人的に軍隊経験から学んだ最も重要なこと

One learns to be neat and orderly, take on responsibility and do things as you are told. In the military, there was no discrimination because of race, creed or color. If you respect others, they in turn, will respect you.

その他の情報

I believe I was the first Nisei to volunteer under the S.S. Act in Idaho. Attended the University of Idaho, earning a Bachelor's Degree in Commercial Art in 1940. After the war, he returned to Idaho to farm.Moved to Denver, CO in 1953 to be an owner in a Frontier gas station and garage, operating it for 26.5 years before retiring. Earned the Congressional Medal of Honor in Washington, DC.