Sexo

Male

Fecha de Nacimiento

1924-5-13

Lugar de Nacimiento

Roy UT, U.S.A.

Inducted

1944-3-1,

Tipo de Alistamiento

Draftee

Afiliación Militar

Army

Tipo de servicio prestado

War

Tipo de unidad militar

Combat

Unidades a las que sirvió

442nd Regimental Combat Team, 100th Battalion

Especialidad militar

Combat Infantryman

Asignado

USA; France; Italy.

Retirado

Ft. Meade MD

Responsabilidad en la unidad

Defeat the enemy.

Responsabilidad individual

As a machine gunner, set up gun in position to shoot at the enemy.

Batallas principales (si sirvió en una zona de guerra)

Po Valley; Liberation of Bruyeres, France.

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

3 Unit Citations; Combat Infantry Badge; Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Clusters.

Condiciones de Vida

While in training at Camp Shelby, MS, we lived in wooden barracks and slept on wooden cots. We bathed in showers. Meals were rice and stew with meat. Overseas, the meals consited of can rations. Behind the line of action we had hot meals. During camp training we sometimes went to the movies, and when available, went to Shelby. Overseas went to Rome, Milan, Nice, Cannes, and Switzerland.

Recuerdo más vívido de la experiencia militar

1). Considered marrying a French/Italian woman. 2). I was very lucky to be alive and going home after the war. A buddy was killed in the spot I was sitting after I moved.

Lo que más extraño durante su tiempo en las fuerzas armadas

As an 18 year old kid, I was homesick and missed the usual cooked Japanese meals.

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

1). The military service made me a mature man. 2). Also made me realize what family values meant by being away from home and not knowing if I would be coming home after the war. 3). By serving as a soldier in the Army, the government gave us a chance to further our education under the GI Bill.

Información adicional

All the Nisei soldiers who were in the various military services, proved to the American public our loyalty to the country of our birth. We fought to gain the freedom that was taken away at the beginning of the war. It cost over 850 lives of those who sacrificed with their blood left on the soil of Europe and Asia to protect our freedom.