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Henry Hidemi Furuya
| 性別 | Male |
|---|---|
| 生年月日 | 1929-3-26 |
| 出生地 | HI, U.S.A. |
| 入隊した年 | 1948-7-2, Honolulu HI |
| 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,sup |
| 所属部隊 | 7/48-7/50: Enlisted Service (Cpl) 8309th Sig Svs, Ft Shafter, HI 8/50-1/51: Officer Candidate School, Ft. Riley, KS 2/51-5/51: Student Officer - The Infantry School, Ft. Benning, GA 6/51-7/52: POW Interrogation Officer, Hq 3rd Inf Div, Korea 7/52-7/53: Translation Officer, 509th MISP, Sendai, Japan 8/53-1/54: Co. Exec Officer, USARPAC DEF FORCE, Ft. Shafter, HI 2/54-2/81: U.S. Army Reserve (retired as a Colonel) Ft. DeRussy, HI |
| 特殊技能 | 9335 Intelligence Officer |
| 最終目標 | USA: Ft. Shafter,HI; Ft. Riley,KS; Ft. Benning, GA Other Countries: Korea; Japan |
| 除隊した年 | Ft. DeRussey HI |
| 所属部隊の役割 | POW interrogation and translation of captured documents. |
| 所属部隊での個人的役割 | POW interrogation, train enlisted interrogators, review interrogation reports and document translations. |
| 主な戦闘（交戦地帯へ従軍した場合） | Korea: UN Summer-Fall Offensive 2nd Korean Winter Summer-Fall '52. |
| 勲章・褒章（個人又は所属部隊） | Legion of Merit Bronze Star Korean Service Medal w/3 Bronze Service Stars UN Service Medal Meritorious Unit Commendation Korean Presidential Unit Citation National Defense Medal 1 O/S Bar Armed Forces Reserve Medal w/2 Stars Army Reserve Achievement Medal w/2 Stars |
| 生活状況 | We lived in squad tents with a pot belly stove on each end of the tent. These stoves did little to keep us warm during winter. We were provided army cots with air mattress to sleep on. There was very little entertainment. I saw one USO show with Danny Kaye while in Korea. |
| 軍隊生活で最も記憶に残っている出来事 | As an enlisted man in 1949, I was selected to be a pall bearer for Ernie Pyle during his reinterrment ceremony at the National Cemetary of the Pacific in Hawaii. |
| 軍隊にいる間、最も懐かしかったもの | Family and old friends, especially while in Korea. |
| 個人的に軍隊経験から学んだ最も重要なこと | Gained maturity, enlisted as a nineteen year-old kid and left active service as a matured officer. |
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