Banco de Dados da Experiência Militar Nipo-Americana
Larry Tadao Shigenaka
Sexo
Male
Birth date
1944-5-8
Local de nascimento
Rivers AZ, U.S.A.
Inducted
1965-6-15, Los Angeles CA
Tipo de alistamento
Draftee
Ramo das Forças Armadas
Army
Tipo de serviço
War
Tipo de Unidade
Combat
Unidades onde serviu
336 Assault Helicopter Co.
Military specialty
35K20 Avn.Mech.
Stationed
Vietnam
Separated
Oakland CA
Unit responsibility
Support South Vietnam Army - Search and destroy.
Personal responsibility
Maintenance of helicopter navigation and communication.
Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)
Vietnam Service Medal; Second Overseas Bar; Vietnam Campaign Medal with Device; National Defense Service Medal; Expert (Rifle M-14).
Most vivid memory of military experience
Jumping out of a helicopter into a rice paddy to retrieve radio equipment from a downed helicopter.
Missed most whilst in the military
My family and driving my car.
Most important thing, personally, to come from military experience?
You will never know what you are capable of until you have to do it.
