性別

Male

生年月日

1933-11-22

出生地

Los Angeles CA, U.S.A.

入隊した年

1952-1-12, Los Angeles CA

入隊のタイプ

Volunteer

所属・部署

Army

兵役のタイプ

War,peacetime

所属部隊のタイプ

Combat

所属部隊

187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team - Korea/Japan

8092nd Signal Field Maintenance Detachment - Camp Kobe, Japan

特殊技能

Commo - Radio Operator, Wireman, Radio Maintenance Specialist

最終目標

Basic at Ft. Ord, CA; Airborne training at Ft. Benning, GA; Japan; Korea.

除隊した年

Oakland CA

所属部隊の役割

Quick infantry insertion, airborne assault. A completely self-supported regimental combat team ready at all times to move at a moments notice.

所属部隊での個人的役割

Radio operator, wiremen, rifleman.

主な戦闘（交戦地帯へ従軍した場合）

Korea, summer of '52; Korea, summer of '53; 1952 - Kumwha Valley; The iron triangle - attached to the 7th division; 1953 - Chorwon, also part of the iron triangle - attached to the 2nd division.

勲章・褒章（個人又は所属部隊）

Korean Presidential Unit Citation (for participation in the 1952 and 1953 Campaigns); Paratrooper Wings; Combat Infantryman's Badge.

生活状況

We slept in bunkers, if available or in shallow foxholes when we were on the line. If we were lucky, we were trucked to a shower point every 2 - 3 weeks, or if there was a creek or river nearby, we might take a bath once a week. We received one hot meal a day, either breakfast or dinner. The other meals were C-rations. In 1952 we received 2 cans of beer everyday. There is no entertainment on the lines; only when in reserve in the rear areas, or back in Japan.

軍隊生活で最も記憶に残っている出来事

The night of the Cease Fire in Korea and the morning after. Although the Cease Fire was scheduled for 10:00 PM, firing along the line stopped around 6 or 7 pm. The next morning, the Chinese were standing on their bunkers and trenches waving white rags. I was surprised to see some so close to our position. Gen. Westmoreland, later commander in Viet Nam, was my Regimental Commander who earned his first star in our unit.

軍隊にいる間、最も懐かしかったもの

Seeing family and childhood friends.

個人的に軍隊経験から学んだ最も重要なこと

Personally the G.I. Bill allowed me to get a college education. I feel very fortunate for the experience and to be able to say I was a member of an elite unit in wartime. Many of my friends were in the service about the same time, but you have to volunteer twice to become an elite paratrooper. There were no more than 6 or 7 Japanese Americans in the 187 ARCT and most were from Hawaii.

その他の情報

I earned a B.S. in Engineering from UCLA in 1962 and an MSEE from USC in 1967. I retired in 1992 after working 28 years with TRW Systems where I designed, built, managed, etc., communication systems for many spacecrafts.