性別

Male

生年月日

1927-1-25

出生地

Los Angeles CA, U.S.A.

入隊した年

, Los Angeles CA

入隊のタイプ

Volunteer

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

7th Div. MECZ. Cav. Rcn. Trp. Seoul, Korea

特殊技能

Jeep driver/ interpreter

最終目標

USA: Camp Beale, CA; Ft. Knox, KY;
Other Countries: Seoul, Korea; Shizuoka, Japan

除隊した年

Camp Stoneman CA

所属部隊の役割

To patrol the 38th parallel and monitor the N. Korean Army.

所属部隊での個人的役割

Jeep driver in scout section of platoon also drove company commander.

勲章・褒章（個人又は所属部隊）

W.W. II Victory Medal
Korean Occupation Medal (Japan)

生活状況

We were stationed in Japanese Army barracks in a large area with 7th Div. Q.M., 7th Div. Band, 601st Malaria Detachment Grp.

軍隊生活で最も記憶に残っている出来事

The Korean people couldn't understand how a Japanese could be in the U.S. Army. They wanted to know how I, a Japanese, was in a U.S. Army uniform. The Koreans didn't realize Koreans and Japanese had emigrated to Hawaii and U.S. and we were born there and citizens.

軍隊にいる間、最も懐かしかったもの

Rice, plain (steamed) rice

個人的に軍隊経験から学んだ最も重要なこと

As a boy of 14 years of age, I and both parents were interned at Heart Mtn., Wyoming. As a U.S. born citizen and to be interned as an enemy of U.S. was an outrage. We are Orientals, our facial and physical feature are not Anglo. We will always be a minority even after all these generation in America. Are we totally intergrated now or just tolerated?

その他の情報

After service in the Army, my father, mother and I started a business. We three worked very hard from early morning to late at night. After 2 years, my father passed on. My mother and I had to work harder to pay off debts. I am now nearly 70 years of age. The last 50 years of work and play has produced 3 children and 1 grand child. A good wife makes me a very contented retiree.