Sexo

Male

Fecha de Nacimiento

1927-11-20

Lugar de Nacimiento

Heeia, Oahu HI, USA

Inducted

1949-09-12, HI

Tipo de Alistamiento

Volunteer

Afiliación Militar

Army

Tipo de servicio prestado

War,peacetime

Tipo de unidad militar

Support

Unidades a las que sirvió

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

Especialidad militar

Military Intelligence Interrogator Logistics Administration

Asignado

USA: Ft. Meade, MD; Ft. Shafter, HI; Ft. Totten, NY; Ft. Dix, NJ; Aberdeen, MD Japan; Korea; Vietnam

Responsabilidad en la unidad

Various

Responsabilidad individual

Mostly administrative supervision.

Batallas principales (si sirvió en una zona de guerra)

Invasion of Inchon, Korea

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

Bronze Star Army Commendation Medal w/cluster Various campaign and service medals (including occupation, Korean and RVN)

Condiciones de Vida

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.

Lo que más extraño durante su tiempo en las fuerzas armadas

Separation from family during short tour assignments.

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

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