性別

Male

生年月日

1929-9-8

出生地

Los Angeles CA, U.S.A.

入隊した年

1947-7-9, Ft. MacArthur CA

入隊のタイプ

Volunteer

所属・部署

Army

兵役のタイプ

War,peacetime

所属部隊のタイプ

Combat

所属部隊

IPW Team - 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Division (Korea)

特殊技能

Military Intelligence - Interrogation of prisoners of war.

最終目標

Ft. Ord, CA; Presidio of Monterey, CA; ATIS, Tokyo, Japan; 24th Infantry Division, Kokura, Japan; 19th Infantry Regiment, Beppu, Japan; 19th Infantry Regiment, Korea (until June 1951); HQ Company SWC, Osaka, Japan (until November 1951); Ft. Bragg, NC (until discharge).

除隊した年

Ft. Bragg NC

所属部隊の役割

To interrogate prisoners of war.

所属部隊での個人的役割

Jeep driver and interrogator.

主な戦闘（交戦地帯へ従軍した場合）

Our unit received 5 battle stars. I personally was involved in combat in Korea, the month of July 1950.

勲章・褒章（個人又は所属部隊）

5 Battle Stars; Presidential Unit Citation; Korean Presidential Unit Citation; Bronze Star (meritorious service); Combat Infantryman Badge.

生活状況

At first, we slept in foxholes, we bathed by a well, we had C-rations. Later in August we received a large tent for our IPW Team, but sometimes we slept in Korean houses. We played cards, saw an occasional movie. My biggest thrill was seeing Bob Hope and entourage at Pyong Yang, North Korea.

軍隊生活で最も記憶に残っている出来事

Being left behind by our Lt. He ordered us to go up a hill to watch for the enemy. When the action started, we (three enlisted men) got down the hill, looked for the Lt. and my jeep, and found he had 'bugged out' with my jeep!

軍隊にいる間、最も懐かしかったもの

My family.

個人的に軍隊経験から学んだ最も重要なこと

'War is hell' as quoted by someone more famous than me. Not only have I seen men killed (one before my own eyes) but I've seen the bodies of South Korean civilians killed by North Korean soldiers. The real victims in war are the civilians. In our rush towards the Chinese border, we liberated much territory and many local governments. Then we retreated south and the civilians retreated with us and some of them were killed - man's inhumanity to man.