性別

Male

生年月日

1921-07-13

出生地

Ninole, No. Hilo HI, USA

入隊した年

1942-12-12, Ft. Leavenworth KS

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

Merrill's Marauders, Seatic, Northern Chinese Combat Command OSS OWI MISLS Sec 4(Graduated Savage, Dec. 1942)

特殊技能

Military Intelligence Service Language Specialist

最終目標

USA: Camp Savage, MN; Camp Shelby, MS Other Countries: China, Burma, India

除隊した年

Camp McCoy WS

所属部隊の役割

Recapture Burma Road to China from the Japanese occupied territories of Assam, India and Northern Burma.

所属部隊での個人的役割

Lead scouting patrol, interrogate captured prisoners, translate captured documents and listening post.

主な戦闘（交戦地帯へ従軍した場合）

We recaptured the Myitkyin and Northern Burma railhead and all-weather airfield with the Merrill's Marauders.

勲章・褒章（個人又は所属部隊）

Presidential Unit Citation for re-opening the 'Back door of China Bronze Star Medal for performing MIS functions while under fire Chinese Commendation Ribbon Chinese Nationalists OSS Citation by Col. Quentin Roosevelt for work with Japanese prisoners of war in producing 'Black Propaganda'.

生活状況

With Merrill's Marauders under battle conditions, we slept in foxholes. We had no baths except when crossing rivers and streams. We ate C and K Rations. For entertainment(?) we listened to the enemy talk.

軍隊生活で最も記憶に残っている出来事

The will to survive even under the most adverse conditions. Horses and mules dying from sheer exhaustion while the Marauders pressed on toward their final objective while carrying their precious rations and weapons themselves.

軍隊にいる間、最も懐かしかったもの

I missed my fiancee I left in Minneapolis.

個人的に軍隊経験から学んだ最も重要なこと

A chance to prove that my loyalty lies with the country of my birth and that America is still the 'Land of the Free and the Brave', regardless of race, creed or religion..

その他の情報

I am especially proud of the role the Nisei Veterans played in the immediate post World War II era in all walks of life. From politics, to the professions, to business, they have proven their worthiness as they have done on the battlefields of Europe and Asia. A veterinarian, and founder of Care Animal Hospital and Aloha Animal Hospital.