Sexo

Male

Fecha de Nacimiento

1945-10-16

Lugar de Nacimiento

Tule Lake CA, U.S.A.

Inducted

1967-10-1, Fort Leonard Wood MO

Tipo de Alistamiento

Draftee

Afiliación Militar

Army

Tipo de servicio prestado

War

Tipo de unidad militar

Combat

Unidades a las que sirvió

B Company - 3/47th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division

Especialidad militar

Infantry - Squad Leader

Asignado

Fort Riley, Kansas; Vietnam; Fort Ord, CA.

Retirado

Fort Ord CA

Responsabilidad en la unidad

Our unit was to go search for Viet Congs

Responsabilidad individual

My responsibility was to keep my squad members alive.

Batallas principales (si sirvió en una zona de guerra)

Our Company was a mobile unit. We go by river boat, helicopter and set up night patrols.

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

1). Bronze Medal for attacking a Viet Cong line.

2). Purple Heart for being blown up on a tank and getting wounded.

Condiciones de Vida

Once on patrol, I had to sleep on a tree because water would cover the ground.

When I stayed in the field for two weeks I came back in to bathe and eat hot meals.

When on patrol we ate canned meals.

We didn't have too much entertainment in Vietnam because we had no time.

Recuerdo más vívido de la experiencia militar

After going overseas to Vietnam and observing how other people lived, it made me feel good to be an American and to live in the United States.

Being Japanese American in Vietnam, I looked like them, so it was hard for me. But, I had no problem with that. My friends joke about it.

Lo que más extraño durante su tiempo en las fuerzas armadas

I missed my family and my friends the most while I was in the service

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

While I was in the Army, I met all different kinds of races. In Vietnam and being in a war zone, you have to trust each other with your life. So, the most important thing my military experience gave me is to respect each others rights.