Japanese American Military Experience Database
Jack Takeshi Omatsu
Gender
Male
Birth date
1929-3-8
Place of birth
Torrance CA, U.S.A.
Inducted
1951-3-30, Los Angeles CA
Enlistment type
Volunteer
Service branch
Usaf
Service type
War
Unit type
Support
Units served
Headquarters, 5004th Air Intelligence Squadron, Alaskan Air Command, Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage, Alaska
Military specialty
Interpreter - Senior Draftsman
Stationed
USA - Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX; Headquarter Air Command Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH; Headquarters, 5004th Air Intelligence Squadron, Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage, AK; Keesler AFB, Biloxi, MS.
Separated
Biloxi MS
Unit responsibility
Gather intelligence information etc.
Personal responsibility
Making maps, training charts, etc.
Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)
National Defense Service Medal
Living conditions
Since I was in the Air Force, we always had clean linen, good hot meals, showers and housing. Entertainment consisted of base movies and airman's club.
Most vivid memory of military experience
Meeting different people, seeing and traveling to different places.
Missed most whilst in the military
Civilian life.
Most important thing, personally, to come from military experience?
Meeting people from different walks of life, from other parts of the United States and understanding their different lifestyles.
