Gender

Male

Birth date

1919-4-13

Place of birth

Seattle WA, U.S.A.

Inducted

1941-7-14, Ft. Lewis WA

Enlistment type

Draftee

Service branch

Army

Service type

War

Unit type

Combat,sup

Units served

US Army Medical Corp; 442nd regiment, 2nd Battalion, Company G.

Military specialty

Surgical Tech; Machine Gun Squad

Stationed

Missouri, USA; Italy; France.

Separated

Ft. Lewis WA

Unit responsibility

When I was drafted in July 1941, I became a surgical technician assisting in operating rooms. I was trained for combat duty in March 1944. I joined the 442nd in August 1944. Unit's responsibility was combat rifle.

Personal responsibility

Machine gun squad.

Major battles (if served in a war zone)

Italian campaign; French campaign.

Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)

Unit Citation; Purple Heart Medal

Living conditions

Living conditions were satisfactory as a combat soldier. Slept in fields and mountains or wherever available. Bathed very seldom. Meals were K and C rations. Entertainment consisted of chatting, talking and telling stories.

Most vivid memory of military experience

Seeing soldiers being killed.

Missed most whilst in the military

Some soldiers could be more compassionate, helpful and understanding to make Army a happy place to live, while work is done without neglecting necessary duty.

Most important thing, personally, to come from military experience?

When I entered the Army, the Provost Marshall read the Army Regulation to the recruits. If a soldier broke any rules it could lead to court martial, eg. a raping, killing, stealing, hurting innocent civilian or soldier...etc. During my military life and after discharge, and all my life, I have abided by that law firmly.

Additional information

In the Army, I experienced some remarkable soldier(s) - who were helpful, always smiling and never complained even appreciated there's water available, and even sacrificed their lives to help others. Such experiences helped me all my life. I have said all I want in the above few lines. Oh, I want to add one or two lines more. We should be liberal, cosmopolitan. We should be unbiased because I learned there's good and bad people in every race. I was wounded during European campaign and was hospitalized until war was over.