Gender

Male

Birth date

1919-12-17

Place of birth

Los Angeles CA, U.S.A.

Enlistment type

Volunteer

Service branch

Army

Service type

War

Unit type

Combat

Units served

232nd Engineers Company (Combat), 442nd RCT

Military specialty

Engineer

Stationed

Rome-Arno, North Apennines, Po Valley, Rhineland

Separated

Fort Logan CO

Major battles (if served in a war zone)

Rome-Arno, North Apennines, Po Valley, Rhineland -(Aug. '44-Jan '45); Wounded European Theater 8/23/44

Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)

Distinguished Unit Citation
Purple Heart
Bronze Medal
Good Conduct Medal
European African Middle Eastern Service Medal
World War II Victory Medal

Living conditions

Weather was cold and wet. We slept in foxholes and ate 'K' rations.
NOTE: My husband did meet some wonderful family in France whom he corresponded with until he passed away.

Most vivid memory of military experience

There were serious experiences with life and death. He mentioned, that there was a comrade that was killed who was on the right side of him and then with all the guns firing, the comrade on the left was killed. But he was saved to return home.

There is a humorous situation about how he slept in a foxhole, exhausted from no sleep for days. Next day, he looked around and his company left him behind. He slept through all the guns firing and bombs dropping. He located his company eventually.