Gender

Male

Birth date

1919-3-2

Place of birth

Seattle WA, U.S.A.

Inducted

1946-9-23, Los Angeles CA

Enlistment type

Volunteer

Service branch

Army

Service type

Peacetime

Unit type

Support

Units served

Engineer Service Company G.H.Q. FEC

Military specialty

Custodian for buildings in Tokyo Metropolitan Area.

Stationed

Tokyo, Japan; Augusta, Georgia

Separated

Camp Gordon GA

Unit responsibility

Taking care of buildings in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area such as the Dai-Ichi Building, NYK Building, etc.

Personal responsibility

To make sure that employees at all buildings were doing their job

Major battles (if served in a war zone)

None

Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)

Good Conduct Medal; WW II Victory Medal; United Nation Service Medal; Japan Occupation Medal; Korean Service Medal.

Living conditions

Living conditions were very good, I slept in a room on the sixth floor. Meals were very good also, with 1 to 31 choices most of the time. Bath rooms and showers in the buildings were American style. Actually had very little to complain about.

Most vivid memory of military experience

I haven't any!

Missed most whilst in the military

I miss the sleep, late movies, late snacks, my gal, civilian clothing

Most important thing, personally, to come from military experience?

I got my education and more at the Army Language School at the Presidio in Monterey, California. It made me a better person. I was also part of the military police.

Additional information

I spent seven best years of my life from 1946 to 1953 in the Army.