Gender

Male

Birth date

1918-3-2

Place of birth

, U.S.A.

Inducted

1943-3-23, Schofield Barracks HI

Enlistment type

Volunteer

Service branch

Army

Service type

War

Unit type

Combat

Units served

Hqtrs Btry, 522 FA Bn, 442 RCT

Military specialty

Field Lineman

Stationed

USA; Italy; France; Germany.

Unit responsibility

Support 442nd RCT with our 105mm Howitzers.

Personal responsibility

Keep field telephones operating.

Major battles (if served in a war zone)

Italian, French and German Campaigns

Living conditions

Accomodations included indoors, outdoors, tents, cornfield, and forest.

Most vivid memory of military experience

I was face to face with the liberated prisoners of Dachau, Germany.

Missed most whilst in the military

Home cooked Japanese food and mail.

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

I was amazed to see how the blacks were treated in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. I came out of the Army with thoughts that all people are born equal and everyone should be given the same rights and opportunity to advance.