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Shiro "'Jug'" Takeshita
Sexo
Male
Fecha de Nacimiento
1921-9-7
Lugar de Nacimiento
Salinas CA, U.S.A.
Inducted
1943-5-20, Ft. Douglas UT
Tipo de Alistamiento
Volunteer
Afiliación Militar
Army
Tipo de servicio prestado
War
Tipo de unidad militar
Combat
Unidades a las que sirvió
522nd Field Artillery Battalion, Battery 'C' - A unit of the 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team
Especialidad militar
Machine gunner; Field Artillery Lineman (641)
Asignado
Italy, France, Germany, Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Retirado
Camp Atterbury IN
Responsabilidad en la unidad
Artillery support for the 100th/442nd RCT.
Responsabilidad individual
To protect the flanks of the howitzers using machine guns and laying telephone lines from the battery to the command post of the 522nd battalion headquarters.
Batallas principales (si sirvió en una zona de guerra)
Rome-Arno; Northern Apennines; Rhineland; Central Europe.
Reconocimientos, medallas, menciones (individuales o de la unidad)
Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater Ribbon w/4 Bronze Stars
Presidential Unit Citation for rescue of the Lost Battalion
Good Conduct Ribbon
Victory Medal
Presidential Unit Citation for rescue of the Lost Battalion
Good Conduct Ribbon
Victory Medal
Condiciones de Vida
Living conditions during combat were rough. We slept mostly in our pup tents. We bathed out of our helmets whenever possible.
No entertainment during combat.
No entertainment during combat.
Recuerdo más vívido de la experiencia militar
The liberation of the Jewish prisoners from Dachau Concentration Camp in Germany by members of the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion.
¿En lo personal, qué obtuvo de su experiencia militar?
Being a member of the 522nd Artillery Battalion that participated in the liberation of Jewish prisoners from Dachau Concentration Camp in Germany.
Our 522nd Artillery Battalion provided artillery support to the 442nd in the rescue of the Lost Battalion. Our 442nd infantry suffered over 70% casualties in that successful rescue.
