Gender

Male

Birth date

1921-3-2

Place of birth

Santa Paula CA, U.S.A.

Inducted

1944-4-14, Ft. Logan CO

Enlistment type

Draftee

Service branch

Army

Service type

War

Unit type

Combat

Units served

Company C, 100th Bn., 442nd RCT

Military specialty

Administrative NCO

Stationed

Camp Blanding, FL, USA - Basic training
Scotland
England
France
Italy

Separated

Ft. George G. Meade MD

Unit responsibility

Combat

Personal responsibility

Mortarman, 60mm

Major battles (if served in a war zone)

Northern Apennines, Po Valley, Rhineland Campaigns

Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)

Combat Infantryman Badge
Presidential Unit Citation
Bronze Star
Other Assorted Medals
N.Y. State: Conspicuous Service Cross

Living conditions

Living Conditions?: terrible
Where did you sleep? wherever
How did you bathe?: seldom
What were meals like? lousy
What did you do for entertainment? nothing

Most vivid memory of military experience

When the war ended.

Missed most whilst in the military

Peace of mind

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

War is terrible

Additional information

Came home from Italy into NY harbor and were greeted by the NYC fireboats. We docked on the west side of Manhattan and from there went to Fort Dix, NJ. From Fort Dix we went to Manhattan for a welcome home party at the NYC Armory, hosted by Jinx Falkenberg.

We then went on to Fort Belvoir and paraded down Pennsylvania Avenue to receive the Presidential Unit Citation from President Harry S. Truman.

From there we went on to Fort George G. Meade to receive our discharge from the service. Everyone said their goodbyes and headed to their homes, wherever that might be.

Lived in N.Y. since discharge - married Peggy C. Yasukawa and had 4 children - Valerie, Mike, Gary, Steven and 6 grandchildren.