Sexo

Male

Birth date

1920-5-15

Local de nascimento

Huntington Beach CA, U.S.A.

Inducted

1942-2-1, Ft. McArthur CA

Tipo de alistamento

Draftee

Ramo das Forças Armadas

Army

Tipo de serviço

War

Tipo de Unidade

Combat

Unidades onde serviu

Station Hospital, Camp Grant, IL; 442nd RCT, Co. E

Military specialty

Baker

Stationed

AK, IL, FL, Italy, France

Separated

Ft. McArthur CA

Unit responsibility

E Co. Bn. Runner

Major battles (if served in a war zone)

France and Northern Italy

Living conditions

In combat, we slept in covered logs, slit trench. We showered when battalion pulled back for rest. We ate K Rations during the day and hot meals at night whenever possible. We had no entertainment during combat.

Most vivid memory of military experience

SCARY

Missed most whilst in the military

HOME

Most important thing, personally, to come from military experience?

WAR IS HELL