性別

Male

生年月日

1920-2-6

出生地

HI, U.S.A.

入隊した年

1943-3-23, Schofield Barracks HI

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

522nd Field Artillery Bn., 442nd R.C.T.

特殊技能

Anti-Aircraft Machine Gunner

最終目標

Mississippi, Italy, France, Germany, Hawaii

所属部隊の役割

We supported the 442nd Infantry with artillery

所属部隊での個人的役割

My responsibility was to oversee the operation of two 50-caliber machine guns.

主な戦闘（交戦地帯へ従軍した場合）

Rome-Arno Campaign; Rhineland Campaign (Battle of Bruyeres); No. Appenines Campaign; Central Europe Campaign.

勲章・褒章（個人又は所属部隊）

Asiatic-Pacific Service Medal, American Campaign Service Medal, European-African-Middle-Eastern Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal.

生活状況

We slept in trucks, houses, foxholes as circumstances changed. We bathed from steel helmets or in showers during prolonged breaks. Meals were C and K Rations, 10 in l Rations and hot meals. Card-playing was most frequent form of entertainment, plus the occasional U.S.O. show.

軍隊にいる間、最も懐かしかったもの

Home cooking and family.

個人的に軍隊経験から学んだ最も重要なこと

I gained self-confidence and learned the need to work together.

その他の情報

The G.I. Bill made it possible for me to go to graduate school for advanced degrees in plant genetics.