Banco de Dados da Experiência Militar Nipo-Americana
Jack Takeshi Omatsu
Sexo
Male
Birth date
1929-3-8
Local de nascimento
Torrance CA, U.S.A.
Inducted
1951-3-30, Los Angeles CA
Tipo de alistamento
Volunteer
Ramo das Forças Armadas
Usaf
Tipo de serviço
War
Tipo de Unidade
Support
Unidades onde serviu
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.