Banco de Dados da Experiência Militar Nipo-Americana
Albert Michinori "Al" Shigekuni
Sexo
Male
Birth date
1927-11-20
Local de nascimento
Heeia, Oahu HI, USA
Inducted
1949-09-12, HI
Tipo de alistamento
Volunteer
Ramo das Forças Armadas
Army
Tipo de serviço
War,peacetime
Tipo de Unidade
Support
Unidades onde serviu
ATIS GHQ
521st MIS
338 MIS
USARPACGen Depot, Japan
45th AHM Co, 1st Region, Army Air Defense Command, 3rd BCT.Bde
266th S & SBn
USA Ord Ctr & School
Military specialty
Military Intelligence
Interrogator
Logistics
Administration
Stationed
USA: Ft. Meade, MD; Ft. Shafter, HI; Ft. Totten, NY; Ft. Dix, NJ; Aberdeen, MD
Japan; Korea; Vietnam
Unit responsibility
Various
Personal responsibility
Mostly administrative supervision.
Major battles (if served in a war zone)
Invasion of Inchon, Korea
Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)
Bronze Star
Army Commendation Medal w/cluster
Various campaign and service medals (including occupation, Korean and RVN)
Living conditions
Korea: Large tents to vacant houses or buildings.
Field showers were available.
Occasionally used old Japanese type "furo".
Meals consisted mostly of "C-rations" but occasionally cooked rice.
When beer rations were available, two guys with ukuleles made Hawaiian music to flow.
Vietnam: Prefab aluminum huts were available for quarters.
Showering facilities were available.
We had hot meals daily at a dining hall.
Entertainment: movies.
Missed most whilst in the military
Separation from family during short tour assignments.
Most important thing, personally, to come from military experience?
That war is wasteful and destructive and we need to learn to co-exist with fellow human beings on this crowded planet in order to prevent wars