Sexo

Male

Fecha de Nacimiento

1920-11-07

Lugar de Nacimiento

Hilo HI, USA

Inducted

1943-03-25, Schofield Barracks HI

Tipo de Alistamiento

Volunteer

Afiliación Militar

Army

Tipo de servicio prestado

War

Tipo de unidad militar

Combat

Unidades a las que sirvió

442nd Regimental Combat Team, 3rd Battalion, Company I

Especialidad militar

Messenger 745 Infantryman

Asignado

USA: Camp Shelby, MS Other Countries: Italy; France; Germany

Retirado

Honolulu HI

Responsabilidad en la unidad

Infantry

Responsabilidad individual

Communication

Batallas principales (si sirvió en una zona de guerra)

European Theater of Operation

Reconocimientos, medallas, menciones (individuales o de la unidad)

Combat Infantryman Badge Good Conduct Medal Purple Heart Medal Bronze Star Medal Distinguished Unit Badge

Condiciones de Vida

Very poor living conditions - pup tent, mud, no bath. Food was K rations or C rations. For entertainment we visited the little towns.

Recuerdo más vívido de la experiencia militar

While the Germans were shelling the area, I just climbed up a pear tree and picked pears. It was serious when I got wounded on my face - three places and a broken jaw.

Lo que más extraño durante su tiempo en las fuerzas armadas

Freedom; my girl-friend.

¿En lo personal, qué obtuvo de su experiencia militar?

Comradeship. The unity of the soldiers fighting together. To help each other and understand the other person.

Información adicional

They called me ''Shorty''because I was only 4 ft 9-1/2 inches, shoe size is 2-1/2 EEE. My official height, in the Army records, is listed as 5 ft 8 inches. That's how I got into the Army. I was wounded in the face and head and was in a coma from 7/7 through 8/19/1944. My records were burned so I didn't know about the coma. My daughter found out about the coma on an internet search.