Sexo

Male

Fecha de Nacimiento

1932-8-11

Lugar de Nacimiento

Honolulu HI, U.S.A.

Inducted

1952-1-16, Honolulu HI

Tipo de Alistamiento

Draftee

Afiliación Militar

Army

Tipo de servicio prestado

War

Tipo de unidad militar

Combat

Unidades a las que sirvió

US Army - 8th Army Corps (Ordnance)

Especialidad militar

Motor Pool Dispatcher

Asignado

Hawaii and Korea

Responsabilidad en la unidad

Suppling ammunition to the front lines.

Responsabilidad individual

To dispatch vehicles where ammunition supplies were needed.

Batallas principales (si sirvió en una zona de guerra)

Central part of Korea

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

Cannot recall. It was too long ago to remember.

Condiciones de Vida

While attached to Headquarters, I worked with a half dozen officers and about 24 enlisted men. We slept in tents and had a shower house, and ate very well on chinaware. For entertainment, we had movies every night, played cards and checkers or wrote letters.

Recuerdo más vívido de la experiencia militar

The amount of war casualties. I saw them by the train-load every day.

Lo que más extraño durante su tiempo en las fuerzas armadas

Family and friends

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

What the Communist were doing to the innocent people in Korea, who really did not have any freedom for most of their lives. We Americans should be proud of our country and the freedom it provides.