This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.","extent":"00:12:08","links_children":"ddr-densho-1004-23-1","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":480,"namepart":"Shigeya Kihara"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"gayle k. yamada"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Rich Enos"}],"topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Military service -- Military Intelligence Service","id":"91"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"gayle k. yamada Collection","geography":[{"term":"San Francisco, California","id":"\"http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1002859\""}],"rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Monterey, California","creation":"July 1, 2000","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Shigeya Kihara narrator \ngayle k. yamada interviewer \nRich Enos videographer","download_large":"denshovh-kshigeya-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1004-3-1","model":"segment","index":"1 101/{'value': 124, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1004-3-1/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1004-3-1/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1004/denshovh-mjames-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1004/denshovh-mjames-01-a.jpg"},"title":"James C. McNaughton Interview Segment 1","description":"The beginnings of the Military Intelligence Service Language School
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.","extent":"00:07:09","links_children":"ddr-densho-1004-3-1","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":463,"namepart":"James C. McNaughton"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"gayle k. yamada"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Rich Enos"}],"topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Military service -- Military Intelligence Service","id":"91"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"gayle k. yamada Collection","geography":[{"term":"San Francisco, California","id":"\"http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1002859\""}],"rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Monterey, California","creation":"July 1, 2000","status":"completed","search_hidden":"James C. McNaughton narrator \ngayle k. yamada interviewer \nRich Enos videographer","download_large":"denshovh-mjames-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1004-5-2","model":"segment","index":"2 102/{'value': 124, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1004-5-2/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1004-5-2/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1004/denshovh-troy-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1004/denshovh-troy-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Roy Takai Interview Segment 2","description":"Intensive study at the Military Intelligence Service Language School
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.","extent":"00:08:49","links_children":"ddr-densho-1004-5-2","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":465,"namepart":"Roy Takai"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"gayle k. yamada"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Ken Zukin"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"gayle k. yamada Collection","geography":[{"term":"Camp Savage, Minnesota","id":"\"http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/2055475\""}],"rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"El Macero, California","creation":"October 20, 2000","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Roy Takai narrator \ngayle k. yamada interviewer \nKen Zukin videographer","download_large":"denshovh-troy-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1004-20-3","model":"segment","index":"3 103/{'value': 124, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1004-20-3/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1004-20-3/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1004/denshovh-ykazuo-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1004/denshovh-ykazuo-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Kazuo Yamane Interview Segment 3","description":"Training at the Military Intelligence Service Language School
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.","extent":"00:03:36","links_children":"ddr-densho-1004-20-3","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":477,"namepart":"Kazuo Yamane"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Gayle Yamada"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Rodney Otani"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"gayle k. yamada Collection","geography":[{"term":"Camp Savage, Minnesota","id":"\"http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/2055475\""}],"rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Honolulu, Hawaii","creation":"January 8, 2001","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Kazuo Yamane narrator \nGayle Yamada interviewer \nRodney Otani videographer","download_large":"denshovh-ykazuo-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1001-41-4","model":"segment","index":"4 104/{'value': 124, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1001-41-4/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1001-41-4/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1001/denshovh-hgrant_2-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1001/denshovh-hgrant_2-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Grant Hirabayashi Interview Segment 4","description":"Memories of the Military Intelligence Language School
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This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.","extent":"00:07:35","links_children":"ddr-densho-1007-2-4","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":831,"namepart":"Kenji Goto"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Loni Ding"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"J. Arakaki"}],"topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Military service -- Military Intelligence Service","id":"91"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","geography":[{"term":"Camp Savage, Minnesota","id":"\"http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/2055475\""}],"rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Hawai'i","creation":"December 8, 1985","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Kenji Goto narrator \nLoni Ding interviewer \nJ. 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Burden and Kihara discuss Burden and his wife predicting that Japan would fight the US before Pearl Harbor, the story of Admiral Chester Nimitz, and the founding of the Military Intelligence Service Language School. Around 6 minutes, tape shifts to b-roll shots of the two walking around and their surroundings. Video starts at 0:22. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions in the background. Original title: II B/K #3, Burden/Kihara, Cressey Field, 12/15/85, needs color correction","extent":"00:10:35","links_children":"ddr-densho-1007-1785","creators":[{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Ding, Loni"},{"role":"interviewee","namepart":"Burden, John"},{"role":"interviewee","namepart":"Kihara, Shig"}],"topics":[{"term":"Arts and literature -- Performing arts -- Film -- Documentaries","id":"251"},{"term":"World War II -- Pearl Harbor and aftermath","id":"48"},{"term":"World War II -- Military service -- Military Intelligence Service","id":"91"}],"format":"av","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"namepart":"Burden, John"},{"namepart":"Kihara, Shig"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Francisco, California","creation":"December 15, 1985","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Ding, Loni interviewer \nBurden, John interviewee \nKihara, Shig interviewee Burden, John \nKihara, Shig","download_large":"ddr-densho-1007-1785-mezzanine-b4aad8d284-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1004-3-3","model":"segment","index":"8 108/{'value': 124, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1004-3-3/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1004-3-3/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1004/denshovh-mjames-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1004/denshovh-mjames-01-a.jpg"},"title":"James C. 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This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.","extent":"00:07:40","links_children":"ddr-densho-1004-3-3","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":463,"namepart":"James C. McNaughton"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"gayle k. yamada"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Rich Enos"}],"topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Military service -- Military Intelligence Service","id":"91"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"gayle k. yamada Collection","geography":[{"term":"San Francisco, California","id":"\"http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1002859\""}],"rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Monterey, California","creation":"July 1, 2000","status":"completed","search_hidden":"James C. McNaughton narrator \ngayle k. yamada interviewer \nRich Enos videographer","download_large":"denshovh-mjames-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1008-5","model":"entity","index":"9 109/{'value': 124, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1008-5/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1008-5/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1008/denshovh-wharvey-02-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1008/denshovh-wharvey-02-a.jpg"},"title":"Harvey Watanabe Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born February 1919 in Exeter, California. Spent prewar childhood in Visalia, California. Drafted prior to World War II. Served in an activated National Guard unit at Fort Lewis, Washington. When World War II broke out, he and all the other Nisei servicemen at Fort Lewis were sent inland. About twenty, Harvey included, went to Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio. Recruited for the Military Intelligence Service and trained at the Military Intelligence Language School at Camp Savage, Minnesota. Sent overseas to serve in the Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) of General MacArthur's headquarters in Australia, Manila and Japan. Assisted in negotiating the surrender of Japanese troops in Manila. Managed the Dai Ichi Hotel in Tokyo for headquarters staff. Later served in the Korean War. Resettled in Seattle, Washington and worked for the Boeing Company. Mr. Watanabe passed away on February 26, 2011.
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See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_29_001","extent":"1 page, 7.25 x 10.75 inches, handwritten; 1 envelope","links_children":"ddr-csujad-5-96","creators":[{"role":"author","namepart":"Okine, Masao"}],"topics":[{"term":"Identity and values -- Nisei","id":"44"},{"term":"World War II -- Military service -- Military Intelligence Service","id":"91"},{"term":"Military service -- Post-World War II service","id":"297"},{"term":"Identity and values -- Nisei","id":"44"}],"format":"doc","language":["jpn"],"contributor":"CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections","rights":"nocc","genre":"correspondence","location":"Sant Paul, Minnesota","facility":[{"term":"Rohwer","id":"9"}],"creation":"10/22/1945","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Okine, Masao author","download_large":"ddr-csujad-5-96-mezzanine-38d4635d09-a.jpg"},{"id":"103","model":"narrator","index":"11 111/{'value': 124, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/103/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/103/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/wharvey.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/wharvey.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/103/interviews/"},"display_name":"Harvey Watanabe","bio":"Nisei male. 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Resettled in Seattle, Washington and worked for the Boeing Company."},{"id":"211","model":"narrator","index":"12 112/{'value': 124, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/211/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/211/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ygeorge_2.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ygeorge_2.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/211/interviews/"},"display_name":"George Yamada","bio":"Nisei male. Born November 16, 1923, in Spokane, Washington. Spent childhood in downtown Spokane where parents ran the World Hotel. Father also worked as a mail handler for the Great Northern Railroad. Attended Lewis and Clark High School and Washington State University. During the war remembers seeing train cars pass through Spokane with Japanese Americans headed to Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Drafted into the army in 1944 and served at the Military Intelligence Service Language School in Fort Snelling, Minnesota and Presidio, California. After World War II, worked as a chick sexer in upstate New York and surrounding region for thirty years. Returned to Spokane in the mid-1970s and pursued a career in real estate."},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-187","model":"entity","index":"13 113/{'value': 124, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-187/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-187/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ygeorge_2-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ygeorge_2-01-a.jpg"},"title":"George Yamada Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born November 16, 1923, in Spokane, Washington. Spent childhood in downtown Spokane where parents ran the World Hotel. Father also worked as a mail handler for the Great Northern Railroad. 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Organized the J-Town Jazz Ensemble, a 17-piece swing band based in San Francisco, which performs at community events and festivals. Author of the book Reminiscing in Swingtime: Japanese Americans in American Popular Music, 1925-1960, published by the National Japanese American Historical Society, San Francisco, California.","extent":"03:49:01","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-132","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":126,"namepart":"George Yoshida"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"John Pai"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"John Pai"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr0122p80","namepart":"Yoshida, George"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"February 18, 2002","status":"completed","search_hidden":"George Yoshida narrator \nAlice Ito interviewer \nJohn Pai interviewer \nJohn Pai videographer Yoshida, George 88922nr0122p80","download_large":"denshovh-ygeorge-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"172","model":"narrator","index":"15 115/{'value': 124, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/172/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/172/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/krichard.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/krichard.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/172/interviews/"},"display_name":"Richard Kosaki","bio":"Nisei male. Born September 14, 1924, in Waikiki, Hawaii. Attended McKinley High School, where he was student body president, just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. Served as a language instructor for the U.S. Military Intelligence Service during World War II, and was stationed in Japan during the U.S. occupation. Earned PhD in the 1950s before taking a position at the University of Hawaii at Manoa as an assistant professor. Worked in Washington, D.C., on Lyndon Johnson's presidential campaign. Was instrumental in establishing Hawaii's system of community colleges, notably the Hawaii Tokai International College. 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