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Military Intelligence Service

The first Japanese Americans to serve in the military during World War II were linguists involved in the Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS). The MISLS was charged with training soldiers in the Japanese language for intelligence purposes. Japanese Americans served as both instructors and students at the school, which opened on November 1, 1941. The Language School began recruiting instructors and later students directly from concentration camps as early as July 1942. MISLS graduates were assigned in small teams to units fighting in the Pacific and to intelligence centers throughout the Allied command. They translated captured documents, interrogated prisoners of war, wrote propaganda, encouraged Japanese soldiers and civilians to surrender, and monitored radio broadcasts. After the war, they acted as interpreters at the war crime trials and for the occupation government in Japan.

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John Aiso, Fort Snelling, Masaji Marumoto, Jack Matsuoka, Military Intelligence Service, Military Intelligence Service Language School, Walter Tsukamoto, Karl Yoneda

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Military choir (ddr-densho-397-19)
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Commandant at his desk (ddr-densho-397-33)
img Commandant at his desk (ddr-densho-397-33)
The caption on the back of the photograph reads "Col Kai Rasmussen Commandant MISLS, Camp Savage, Minn".
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Military portrait (ddr-densho-397-31)
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Pinning ceremony clipping (ddr-densho-397-34)
doc Pinning ceremony clipping (ddr-densho-397-34)
Lt. Shigeo Yasutake is presented the Bronze Star by Major General Clayton L. Bissell. Lt. Masayuki Matsunaga is also pictured waiting to receive the Combat Infantryman Badge.
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Ceremony crowd (ddr-densho-397-17)
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Man poses on canisters (ddr-densho-397-46)
img Man poses on canisters (ddr-densho-397-46)
Written on the photograph "To Dearest Mitze, As Ever [illegible] 44."
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Barracks (ddr-densho-397-28)
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Grounds of Military Intelligence Service Language School (ddr-densho-397-77)
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Soldier poses by the water (ddr-densho-397-40)
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Soldier poses by the water (ddr-densho-397-39)
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Ceremony crowd (ddr-densho-397-18)
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Officer speaking at ceremony (ddr-densho-397-15)
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Military pinning ceremony (ddr-densho-397-16)
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Firearms demonstration (ddr-densho-397-13)
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Military Intelligence Language School building (ddr-densho-397-9)
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Barracks (ddr-densho-397-41)
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Military choir (ddr-densho-397-35)
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Military men pose with child (ddr-densho-397-27)
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Grounds of Military Intelligence Service Language School (ddr-densho-397-78)
img Grounds of Military Intelligence Service Language School (ddr-densho-397-78)
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Flag flying outside MIS Language School (ddr-densho-397-22)
img Flag flying outside MIS Language School (ddr-densho-397-22)
The sign on the building reads "Headquarters Military Intelligence Service Language School".
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Soldier at his desk (ddr-densho-397-62)
img Soldier at his desk (ddr-densho-397-62)
The nameplate at the desk is "T. Sgt. T. Matsui". The nameplate at the empty desk is "S. Sgt. N. Fujioka".
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Group in library (ddr-densho-397-23)
img Group in library (ddr-densho-397-23)
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Woman poses outdoors (ddr-densho-397-79)
img Woman poses outdoors (ddr-densho-397-79)
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Military march (ddr-densho-397-26)
img Military march (ddr-densho-397-26)
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Military march (ddr-densho-397-25)
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