Banco de Dados da Experiência Militar Nipo-Americana
Enro Okada
Sexo
Male
Birth date
1923-5-20
Local de nascimento
Portland OR, U.S.A.
Inducted
1944-8-1, Ft. Douglas UT
Tipo de alistamento
Draftee
Ramo das Forças Armadas
Army
Tipo de serviço
War
Tipo de Unidade
Combat
Unidades onde serviu
Co. I, 442nd RCT
Military specialty
Runner
Stationed
USA - Camp Blanding, FL; France; Italy
Separated
Dibble General Hospital
Unit responsibility
Headquarter platoon; Co. I - 442nf RCT
Personal responsibility
Communication
Major battles (if served in a war zone)
Rome-Arno Campaign
Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)
Good Conduct; Purple Heart; Combat Infantryman Badge; American Theatre; World War II Victory Medal; European African Middle Eastern Theatre w/ one Bronze Battle Star
Living conditions
Sleep - slit trenches, fox-holes.
Bathe - did not.
Meals - K rations
Entertainment - none.
Most vivid memory of military experience
A lieutenant, a sergeant, a corporal and a PFC were killed by the shell that wounded me.
Missed most whilst in the military
Family - fiancee'
Most important thing, personally, to come from military experience?
It is a very frightening experience to know that someone is trying to kill you.
Additional information
My war experience was very limited - eleven days at the front.
