Sexo

Male

Fecha de Nacimiento

1925-4-13

Lugar de Nacimiento

Wahiawa HI, U.S.A.

Inducted

, Hq AGFPAC APO 957

Tipo de Alistamiento

Draftee

Afiliación Militar

Army

Tipo de servicio prestado

Peacetime

Tipo de unidad militar

Support

Unidades a las que sirvió

1399th Engineer Construction Battalion
8th Army, Yokohama, Japan

Especialidad militar

Plumber (164)

Asignado

USA: Hawaii
Other Countries: Yokohama, Japan

Retirado

AGFPAC APO 957

Responsabilidad en la unidad

8th Army Utility Co. did construction, maintenance and repair.

Responsabilidad individual

Supervising Japanese men on jobs. The Army hired Japanese tradesmen to work for us.

Condiciones de Vida

Slept in barracks with community showers.
We had rice three times a day. Japanese food and local food in mess hall.
1399th was called chow hounds (nick name).
Card games and table tennis for entertainment.

Recuerdo más vívido de la experiencia militar

I was transferred from the 1399th to the 8th Army Occupation Force in Yokohama, Japan, leaving the island (Hawaii) for the first time.
On weekends I visited some resort towns. Tokyo, Nikko, Kamakura, Hakone, Mt. Fujiyama and many more cities.

Lo que más extraño durante su tiempo en las fuerzas armadas

Mail and news from home.

¿En lo personal, qué obtuvo de su experiencia militar?

I came out a more matured person. I did learn a lot in a short time in the Army. Discipline, responsibility and independence.