性別

Male

生年月日

1924-5-13

出生地

Roy UT, U.S.A.

入隊した年

1944-3-1,

入隊のタイプ

Draftee

所属・部署

Army

兵役のタイプ

War

所属部隊のタイプ

Combat

所属部隊

442nd Regimental Combat Team, 100th Battalion

特殊技能

Combat Infantryman

最終目標

USA; France; Italy.

除隊した年

Ft. Meade MD

所属部隊の役割

Defeat the enemy.

所属部隊での個人的役割

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

主な戦闘（交戦地帯へ従軍した場合）

Po Valley; Liberation of Bruyeres, France.

勲章・褒章（個人又は所属部隊）

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

生活状況

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.

軍隊生活で最も記憶に残っている出来事

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.

軍隊にいる間、最も懐かしかったもの

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

個人的に軍隊経験から学んだ最も重要なこと

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.

その他の情報

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.