性別

Male

生年月日

1937-11-25

出生地

Waimea, Kauai HI, U.S.A.

入隊した年

, Honolulu 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

Company C, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne); 1st Special Forces, Ft. Bragg, NC

特殊技能

051.63, Intermediate Speed Radio Operator, Special Forces Qualified

最終目標

USA - Ft. Ord, CA (Basic); Ft. Monmouth, NJ (AIT); Ft. Lewis, WA; Ft. Benning, GA (Airborne); Ft. Bragg, NC; Vietnam

除隊した年

Honolulu HI

所属部隊の役割

Special Forces A-Team - provided anti-guerilla training to Vietnamese villagers and later provided surveillance along the Cambodian border in the Phouc Long Province, South Vietnam

所属部隊での個人的役割

Radio Operator sending and receiving reports from SF HQ-Saigon. Was also cross-trained as a medic.

主な戦闘（交戦地帯へ従軍した場合）

6 month mission in South Vietnam 1963

勲章・褒章（個人又は所属部隊）

Combat Infantryman's Badge; Good Conduct Medal; Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal - Vietnam; Parachutist Badge

生活状況

We had bamboo huts that were built by VN villagers and army cots to sleep on. Our bathing facility was two 55 gallon drums that had to be filled everyday. Meats were purchased on the VN economy and supplemented by Commissary runs to Saigon every two weeks. We played a lot of Monopoly, read books and watched movies when available. Bought a cheap Korean made ukelele in Saigon and also had a pet monkey.

軍隊生活で最も記憶に残っている出来事

While driving to a meeting with a village chief our A-team Captain was killed in an ambush on 3 Oct. '63 along with two VN soldiers and a VN interpreter. There were also two A-Team members in the next truck and we presumed they were captured but later found out that they had escaped and were unhurt.

軍隊にいる間、最も懐かしかったもの

My family, Japanese and Hawaiian food.

個人的に軍隊経験から学んだ最も重要なこと

I did my job as a soldier. Didn't know too much of the politics of that era but knew that the South Vietnamese people and the Montagnards were being oppressed by the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army. I felt we did our best in the areas that we were in by providing medical help as well as helping improve the sanitary and health condidtions of the Montagnards.

その他の情報

I was in Saigon when the Diem brothers were overthrown, and saw the aftermath of the destruction in Saigon. I was also in Nha Trang getting ready to leave VN when we heard that President Kennedy was assasinated - we had to delay our trip home because the air transports that were to take us back were re-routed to take dignitaries to Kennedy's funeral.