性別

Male

生年月日

1919-9-18

出生地

Baldwin Park CA, U.S.A.

入隊した年

1941-3-12, Ft. MacArthur CA

入隊のタイプ

Draftee

所属・部署

Army

兵役のタイプ

War

所属部隊のタイプ

Support

所属部隊

3rd Medical Battalion, Ft. Lewis, WA
Station Hospital, Camp Roberts, CA
Station Hospital, Camp Crowder, MO
Madigan General Hospital, Ft. Lewis, WA

特殊技能

#861 - Surgical Technician

最終目標

USA:
Ft. Lewis, WA
Camp Roberts, CA
Camp Crowder, MO
Ft. Lewis, WA

除隊した年

Ft. Lewis WA

所属部隊の役割

Give medical aid to patients.

所属部隊での個人的役割

Assist surgeons during surgical operation in operating room.

勲章・褒章（個人又は所属部隊）

Pre-Pearl Harbor Medal
Good Conduct Medal

生活状況

Slept in regular barracks - shower bath.
Meals in hospital were excellent, can't complain.
Every military post had theaters strategically scattered throughout the base.
We were allowed to come and go as we pleased with passes from the orderly room.

軍隊生活で最も記憶に残っている出来事

My first day as a hospital orderly, I was asked to give nose drops to a patient lying on his back. I accidentally dropped it in his eyes. It was an accident.

軍隊にいる間、最も懐かしかったもの

Some rice, but it wasn't unbearable. I went 57 mo.s without it. It was no big deal with me.

個人的に軍隊経験から学んだ最も重要なこと

Being just 21 - it taught us to be independent, on your own. It made us grow up to be a man. Learn how to get along with others - respect your officer - obey orders.

その他の情報

Being Japanese, we were self conscious, quiet, obedient. But when we became cpls and sgts, we got up and shouted orders to lower rank enlisted men. From boys we became men.