日系アメリカ人兵役体験記録データベース
Henry T. "Hank" Shiosaka
8th Army, 164th Military Intelligence Services Detachment, Seoul, Korea
Far East Military Intelligence Language School, Tokyo, Japan
Korean War Service Medal (3) w/Bronze Stars
Commendation Ribbon w/Pendant dated 11/26/52
While in Seoul, Korea, we lived in a private mansion that was taken over by the Army. Outdoor toilet and outdoor shower were made by the Army. Quite often went to the Han River to get water and when the river was muddy or frozen, used beer to shave.
Meals were excellent. Didn't hardly use any Army rations. I bought food on the open market and it was cooked by Chinese American G.I.'s.
No Army/government entertainment. You looked for your own entertainment outside.
My most memorable experience was interrogating a North Korean prisoner, C.I.D. M/Sgt, that had been instructed to capture a downed American flyer, only to have a flashback of his own missionary school days when he noticed a cross hanging on the flyer's neck. The final result was that after dispatching his squad on countless multiple errands, he piggy backed his injured prisoner, climbed up a hill, semaphored to American fighter pilots who in turn called air rescue and evacuated his 'prisoner'. The M/Sgt was forced to climb on board also because Chinese troops were advancing up the hill while U.S. fighters straffed them from above. Staying behind would be suicide.