Gender

Male

Birth date

1924-8-23

Place of birth

Spokane WA, U.S.A.

Inducted

, Fort Douglas UT

Enlistment type

Volunteer

Service branch

Army

Service type

War

Unit type

Combat

Units served

Company A (training) and Company K,442nd Regimental Combat Team, 3rd Battalion

Military specialty

Mortar Gunner

Stationed

Camp Shelby, MS, USA; France; Italy.

Separated

Fort Lewis WA

Unit responsibility

Rifle Company

Personal responsibility

Gunner on 60 mm mortar.

Additional information

Fred Shiosaki returned to Spokane, WA to complete his education in chemistry. He became Director of Spokane County Air Pollution Control Authority. He retired in 1990 following 11 years as Manager of the Environmental Affairs Department of Washington Water Power Company in Spokane. He is an avid gardener and fisherman. His personal exploits during the Battle of Bruyeres and the Rescue of the Lost Battalion are written in Part 5, Banzai in France, of Riding the Bomb, a book by Charles R. Grizzle, of true stories of young people surviving the insanity of World War.