性別

Male

生年月日

1923-1-1

出生地

Lawai, Kauai HI, U.S.A.

入隊した年

, 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

I Co. 442nd Infantry

特殊技能

Mortar

最終目標

U.S.A., Italy, Germany

除隊した年

Ft. Sherman IL

所属部隊の役割

To defend our country against the Axis powers.

主な戦闘（交戦地帯へ従軍した場合）

Italy - Appenines - Rome, Massa Mtn., Carrara, Genoa and La Speua; France - Vosges, Bruyeres, Biffontaine, Belmont and rescue of lost battalion.

勲章・褒章（個人又は所属部隊）

Combat Infantry Citation w/ 3 clusters - for combat duty in Italy & France; Purple Heart Medal w/one Oak Leaf Cluster for wound received, rescuing lost battalion and for wound received in final Italy push; Bronze Star for battle in France & Italy

生活状況

While in training - slept in barracks and in the fields. Ate mostly K rations in combat and slept in fox holes. No bath or hot meals until I returned to rest area.

軍隊生活で最も記憶に残っている出来事

First day of action in Suverto, Italy, saw many dead Germans and battered equipment. Thought it was going to be everyday - scared the hell out of me.

軍隊にいる間、最も懐かしかったもの

My parents and a girl friend which I didn't have.

個人的に軍隊経験から学んだ最も重要なこと

Once in early April, 1945, six of us were having our K-ration lunch - inside of a shallow dugout which was about 15 ft wide. We heard a whistling sound which turned out to be a mortar shell which landed in the center without exploding. Everyone look at each other and just took off the only person I could remember was my close friend, Smitty Koga.

その他の情報

I was very fortunate to have visited places like New Orleans, Washington, D.C., NYC, Chicago, London, Paris, Rome and many places which I wouldn't have gone to if I didn't volunteer for the 442nd Inf. regiment.