Sexo

Female

Fecha de Nacimiento

1912-5-28

Lugar de Nacimiento

Honolulu HI, U.S.A.

Inducted

1944-4-1, Minneapolis MN

Tipo de Alistamiento

Volunteer

Afiliación Militar

Wac

Tipo de servicio prestado

War

Tipo de unidad militar

Support

Unidades a las que sirvió

13th Air Force Hdqtrs (McDill Air Base, FL); Strategic Air Command Hdqtrs (Colorado Springs, CO); Andrews AFB, MD

Especialidad militar

Base Librarian, Air Force Supply Clerk

Asignado

USA - McDill AFB, FL; SAC Hdq, (Colorado Springs), CO; Andrews AFB, MD

Retirado

Andrews Air Force Base MD

Responsabilidad en la unidad

Servicing personnel involved in training and maintenance of heavy bombers used in Europe during war.

Responsabilidad individual

Maintaining and servicing recreational library for military personnel on base.

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

Good Conduct Medal; American Theater Medal; Victory Medal

Condiciones de Vida

All 3 bases had barracks for enlisted personnel w/ showers, messhalls where meals were served, service clubs for socializing, theaters where movies were shown every night, some had bowling alleys. Each had a chapel where Sunday services and choir practices were held.

Recuerdo más vívido de la experiencia militar

Confusing military as well as civilian personnel regarding my nationality - Indian, Mexican, Chinese, Spanish? Anything but Japanese!

Lo que más extraño durante su tiempo en las fuerzas armadas

My family in Hawaii, since there was no way to visit them during the war.

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

The many Caucasians in service who became very close friends, even to this day.

Información adicional

I was the first Nisei woman from Hawaii to enlist - later women were recruited in Hawaii. I enlisted about a year after leaving Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Jan. 1943, but it took more than 6 months for the FBI to clear me for military service.