Gender

Male

Birth date

1915-08-30

Place of birth

Los Angeles CA, USA

Inducted

1944-06-01, Ft. Leavenworth KS

Enlistment type

Volunteer

Service branch

Army

Service type

War

Unit type

Support

Units served

MISLS, ATIS

Military specialty

Translation Officer 9330

Stationed

Other Countries: Japan

Separated

Ft. Lawton WA

Unit responsibility

Japanese Language Instruction

Personal responsibility

Japanese language instructor

Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)

Army Commendation Ribbon WW II Victory Medal Occupation Medal, Japan

Additional information

In 1942, Colonel Rassmusem came to Manzanar direct to recruit instructors for MISLS at Camp Savage, MN. As a consequence, Dave Itami, Shoji Takimoto and myself were hired as civilian instructors (the very first volunteers from relocation centers) and left for Camp Savage, Minnesota, in the latter part of October, 1942. After the school moved to Fort Snelling, I voluntarily joined the armed forces, looking forward to going overseas. However, it was not until the school moved to the Presidio, Monterey (California) that in 1947, I was able to go overseas and served in Japan for approximately 2 years. Residnece: Anaheim, CA