Sexo

Male

Fecha de Nacimiento

1940-7-19

Lugar de Nacimiento

Honolulu HI, U.S.A.

Inducted

1905-5-18, USNR; Transferred

Tipo de Alistamiento

Volunteer

Afiliación Militar

Army

Tipo de servicio prestado

War

Tipo de unidad militar

Support

Unidades a las que sirvió

1. 4th Infantry Div. 2. 1st Log Cmd 3. 63rd ARCOM 4. MTMC-WA

Especialidad militar

Personnel/ Administration - Deputy director reserve personnel - Military Traffic Management Command - Western Area (Desert Shield/Desert Storm)

Asignado

U.S.A., Viet-nam (6/67 - 2/69)

Responsabilidad en la unidad

Logistics

Responsabilidad individual

Personnel & admin; additional duty - competitive pistol shooter, 63D ARCOMT, 6 USAR teams.

Batallas principales (si sirvió en una zona de guerra)

Battle of TET '68 RVN

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

Unit: Fourth Division - Unit Citation for Repulsing TET Offensive. Personal: Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Joint Services Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Medal - second award, Army Reserve Medal, Vietnam Service Medals (six campaigns), Expert Pistol Medal, Sharpshooter Rifle Medal, First Award Excellence in Competition Pistol Medal.

Condiciones de Vida

Slept in wooden barracks from basic through AIT; Hard (concrete) barracks OCS through various schooling; tents & wooden barracks in RVN except when on patrols. Bathing usually hot showers, no bathing facilities on patrol. Alll hot meals, even C-rations. Best meals were L.R.R.P. Rations, worse are M.R.E. RVN Entertainment; Occasional TV, Movies, reading, following tiger, killing water buffalo, popping mosquitos.

Recuerdo más vívido de la experiencia militar

Watching my point man go upstream on a slow-moving creek, re-assuring me that he would cross with no problems, slipping underwater; his hat floating by; reaching under his hat and pulling him out with his 80-lb. pack but no rifle.

Lo que más extraño durante su tiempo en las fuerzas armadas

Hot sticky rice, kim chee, poi, lomi salmon, portugese sausage, manapua (char siu bao), miso shiru, miso pork, kalua pig.

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

1. Getting along in a multi-cultural setting and developing team work on an ad hoc basis. 2. Learning to like potato, chipped beef on toast, biscuits and gravy, deep fried catfish, grits. 3. For both myself and my family, lessons learned most is to strive for excellence in any environment on a benign mode.

Información adicional

No matter how long I live on the mainland, I believe that culinary hedonism & comraderie has an edge over status-acquiring.