性別

Male

生年月日

1913-2-3

出生地

Los Angeles CA, U.S.A.

入隊のタイプ

Draftee

所属・部署

Other

兵役のタイプ

War

所属部隊のタイプ

Combat

所属部隊

232nd Eng Combat Team, 442nd Regimental Combat Team
U.S. Coast Guard - Licensed Chief Engineer 1940 - 1980

特殊技能

Bull dozer operator
Semi-truck and 2 1/2 ton truck driver
Diesel engineer/mechanic
Coast Guard - Chief Engineer

最終目標

USA: Camp Shelby, MS
Other Countries: Italy; France

除隊した年

Camp Atterbury IN

所属部隊の役割

Army - By-pass blown bridges, mine sweeping, filling craters, Jeeps & ambulance, remove trees from highway, also on-line fighting

所属部隊での個人的役割

Take orders from Sgt & Lt.

主な戦闘（交戦地帯へ従軍した場合）

Rome - Arno Campaign
No. Apennines Campaign
Po Valley Campaign
Rhineland Campaign
Last push on Italy

勲章・褒章（個人又は所属部隊）

Europe - African - Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon w/ 4 Bronze Stars
Good Conduct Medal
Distinguished Unit Badge
World War II Victory Medal
2 Purple Heart Medals

生活状況

Slept in hole with snow & mud.
Got water in helmet wherever running water was available.
No entertainment.
Meals were terrible.
Also clothes we wore without changing.
Lived like pigs.

軍隊生活で最も記憶に残っている出来事

Mine sweeping and probing for mines, up-line fighting, by-passing blown bridge, removing booby traps.

軍隊にいる間、最も懐かしかったもの

Home, family, food

個人的に軍隊経験から学んだ最も重要なこと

I think 442nd Combat team did a great job. It benefitted the rest of the Japanese who were put in camps and who moved more freely and found better jobs.

その他の情報

After I got discharged from Army 1945, I went back same job in 1946 as chief engineer for the Coast Guard and retired in 1980. I'm taking it easy and enjoying my grand-children also get together with my buddies in Hawaii and Las Vegas.