Gender

Male

Birth date

1922-7-26

Place of birth

Pescadero CA, U.S.A.

Inducted

, Ft. Logan CO

Enlistment type

Draftee

Service branch

Army

Service type

War

Unit type

Combat

Units served

3rd Bn. Medic/206 AGF Band - 442nd RCT

Military specialty

Medic/ bandsman

Stationed

Camp Blanding, FL; Marseilles, France; Po Valley, Italy

Separated

Camp Kilmer NJ

Unit responsibility

442nd RCT

Personal responsibility

3rd Bn. Medic/Bandsman 206 AGF Band

Major battles (if served in a war zone)

Po Valley - Gothic line

Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)

Combat Medic Badge - Pres. Unit Citation (2); French Campaign - gothic Line (Po Valley)

Living conditions

(1) Where ever we could - fox hole - abandoned bldg - tent. (2) Sponge bath - shower (later). - K ration, C ration, Field kitchen Food, except for field kitchen, was lousy. After fighting - entertained troops with blond vocalist.

Most vivid memory of military experience

After intense shelling of mortar barrage - there was silence - except in the dead silence there was bird - 'cuckoo - cuckoo' - thinking to myself - how true.

Missed most whilst in the military

Family - girl friend

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

How close I had become to my comrades - trusting them to be there if I ever needed them.

Additional information

I dedicated myself in service to my community (Denver) JACL, Veterans groups, volunteering my services to various organizations (photography).