Gender

Male

Birth date

1923-10-25

Place of birth

Riverside CA, U.S.A.

Inducted

1942-1-28, San Francisco CA

Enlistment type

Volunteer

Service branch

Army

Service type

War

Unit type

Combat

Units served

442nd Regimental Combat Team, 100th Battalion, Company C

Military specialty

Rifleman; Some cooking in Rhineland, Central Europe

Stationed

Camp Robinson, AR; Fort Leonard Wood, MS; Camp Shelby, MS

Separated

Fort Sheriden IL

Unit responsibility

Infantry

Personal responsibility

Rifleman

Major battles (if served in a war zone)

Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno; No. Apennines

Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)

Expert & Combat Infantry Badge; Victory Medal; American Theater Ribbon; European African Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon, w/l Silver Battle Star; 3 overseas service bar; l service stripe; Good Conduct Medal; Distinguished Unit Badge

Living conditions

We slept under white sheet in Camp Robinson, Fort Leonard Wood and Camp Shelby. In Europe we slept in foxholes, pup tents or old house when things were well.

Most vivid memory of military experience

It's a dull life.

Missed most whilst in the military

Home

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

They kept you straight and on the ball. No goofing.