Banco de Dados da Experiência Militar Nipo-Americana
Kiyoshi Okano
Sexo
Male
Birth date
1918-3-2
Local de nascimento
, U.S.A.
Inducted
1943-3-23, Schofield Barracks HI
Tipo de alistamento
Volunteer
Ramo das Forças Armadas
Army
Tipo de serviço
War
Tipo de Unidade
Combat
Unidades onde serviu
Hqtrs Btry, 522 FA Bn, 442 RCT
Military specialty
Field Lineman
Stationed
USA; Italy; France; Germany.
Unit responsibility
Support 442nd RCT with our 105mm Howitzers.
Personal responsibility
Keep field telephones operating.
Major battles (if served in a war zone)
Italian, French and German Campaigns
Living conditions
Accomodations included indoors, outdoors, tents, cornfield, and forest.
Most vivid memory of military experience
I was face to face with the liberated prisoners of Dachau, Germany.
Missed most whilst in the military
Home cooked Japanese food and mail.
Most important thing, personally, to come from military experience?
I was amazed to see how the blacks were treated in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. I came out of the Army with thoughts that all people are born equal and everyone should be given the same rights and opportunity to advance.