性別

Male

生年月日

1929-3-26

出生地

HI, U.S.A.

入隊した年

1948-7-2, Honolulu HI

入隊のタイプ

Volunteer

所属・部署

Army

兵役のタイプ

War,peacetime

所属部隊のタイプ

Combat,sup

所属部隊

7/48-7/50: Enlisted Service (Cpl) 8309th Sig Svs, Ft Shafter, HI
8/50-1/51: Officer Candidate School, Ft. Riley, KS
2/51-5/51: Student Officer - The Infantry School, Ft. Benning, GA
6/51-7/52: POW Interrogation Officer, Hq 3rd Inf Div, Korea
7/52-7/53: Translation Officer, 509th MISP, Sendai, Japan
8/53-1/54: Co. Exec Officer, USARPAC DEF FORCE, Ft. Shafter, HI
2/54-2/81: U.S. Army Reserve (retired as a Colonel) Ft. DeRussy, HI

特殊技能

9335 Intelligence Officer

最終目標

USA: Ft. Shafter,HI; Ft. Riley,KS; Ft. Benning, GA
Other Countries: Korea; Japan

除隊した年

Ft. DeRussey HI

所属部隊の役割

POW interrogation and translation of captured documents.

所属部隊での個人的役割

POW interrogation, train enlisted interrogators, review interrogation reports and document translations.

主な戦闘（交戦地帯へ従軍した場合）

Korea:
UN Summer-Fall Offensive
2nd Korean Winter
Summer-Fall '52.

勲章・褒章（個人又は所属部隊）

Legion of Merit
Bronze Star
Korean Service Medal w/3 Bronze Service Stars
UN Service Medal
Meritorious Unit Commendation
Korean Presidential Unit Citation
National Defense Medal
1 O/S Bar
Armed Forces Reserve Medal w/2 Stars
Army Reserve Achievement Medal w/2 Stars

生活状況

We lived in squad tents with a pot belly stove on each end of the tent. These stoves did little to keep us warm during winter. We were provided army cots with air mattress to sleep on.
There was very little entertainment. I saw one USO show with Danny Kaye while in Korea.

軍隊生活で最も記憶に残っている出来事

As an enlisted man in 1949, I was selected to be a pall bearer for Ernie Pyle during his reinterrment ceremony at the National Cemetary of the Pacific in Hawaii.

軍隊にいる間、最も懐かしかったもの

Family and old friends, especially while in Korea.

個人的に軍隊経験から学んだ最も重要なこと

Gained maturity, enlisted as a nineteen year-old kid and left active service as a matured officer.