Gender

Male

Birth date

1927-10-10

Place of birth

Mussel Slough CA, U.S.A.

Inducted

1948-8-1, Fresno CA

Enlistment type

Volunteer

Service branch

Army

Service type

War,peacetime

Unit type

Support

Units served

MPIS (Military Police Investigation Section), CID (Criminal Investigation Division), G-2 1st Cavalry; 441st Counter Intelligence Corp Tokyo, Japan

Military specialty

Language

Stationed

Fort Ord, CA; Japan; Korea

Separated

Fort Ord CA

Unit responsibility

G-2; Interrogation of POW's; 1st Cavalry.

Personal responsibility

Transportation; Escorting POW's.

Major battles (if served in a war zone)

Defense of the Taegu-Pusan perimeter at the begionning of the Korean War. Advance to N. Korea until the Chinese entered the conflict and retreat to the 38th parallel.

Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)

Korean Service Medal; Combat Infantryman Badge

Living conditions

War condition, pup tent, squad tent and in 3/4 ton weapons carrier. Use our helmet as water container. We were able to get sacks of rice and we took turn cooking our rice with regular GI chow. Bob Hope came to Pyonyang (capital of N. Korea) also Les Brown.

Most vivid memory of military experience

I lost three of my buddies I knew in Tokyo. Served 4 years and saw a good part of the country from July 1950 to July 1951. Returned to Japan to finsih my tour at 441st CID Headquarters.

Missed most whilst in the military

Japanese food during basic training.

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

To be able to serve my country and be lucky to survive the conflict in healthy condition. I enjoyed the sight seeing trips we made in and around Tokyo and visit to the movie studio.