性別

Male

生年月日

1918-12-17

出生地

Fresno CA, U.S.A.

入隊した年

1941-11-17, San Pedro CA

入隊のタイプ

Draftee

所属・部署

Army

兵役のタイプ

War

所属部隊のタイプ

Combat

所属部隊

442nd RCT and 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment

特殊技能

Surgical Technician

最終目標

U.S.A. - Camp Lee, VA; Camp Shelby, MS; Fort Benning, GA; France; Germany

除隊した年

Sacramento CA

所属部隊の役割

517th Parachute Infantry was to overtake the Germans.

所属部隊での個人的役割

I served in station hospitals. Sterilized instruments and prepared operating room for use. Prepared patients for operations and administered hypodermic injections. Assisted in transporting patients to and from operating rooms. Treated minor injuries and gave first aid treatments.

主な戦闘（交戦地帯へ従軍した場合）

Central Europe Go 40 WD 45

勲章・褒章（個人又は所属部隊）

Good Conduct Medal; WWII Victory Medal; American Defense Service Ribbon; American Campaign Medal; European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal; Sharpshooter M1 Rifle.

生活状況

I slept out in the field most of the time. I bathed by using my helmet by boiling the water. Meals were field rations. Entertainment was much of nothing.

軍隊生活で最も記憶に残っている出来事

1.I went overseas as a corporal T5 and after serving with the 517th unit just 2 months as a combat medic, I was promoted to staff sgt. (T3) 2. Serving as a medic with the 517th unit, we did not have the Geneva Cross on our helmets or wear armbands due to the fact medics were being shot at. 3. Being threatened by other GIs because I was a Japanese American. This happened to me 2 times. The GIs threatened to shoot me on sight. 4. I made one combat jump but Patton's Armor Division already overran the town. 5. When I finally got to see my parents in Jerome, after one year of not knowing where they were. I stood at the entrance of Jerome and looked at the barbed wire and the watch tower. Standing there, dressed in an Army uniform. I had tears in my eyes because my parents, brother and sister were in a concentration camp. I had written letters to my parents but they were censored. 6. My biggest thrill was being accepted to paratroop school at Fort Benning. I passed the rigid training and made 4 qualifying jumps. Then 2 months later, I was sent to Lille, France (Mar '45)

軍隊にいる間、最も懐かしかったもの

Freedom, I was restricted most of the time.

個人的に軍隊経験から学んだ最も重要なこと

To get along with all peoples.

その他の情報

1. Graduated parachute school earned paratroop wings. 2. On VJ Day, I was an MP. 3. Started a cigarette lighter collection when I received a lighter with my initials from a German POW.