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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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Large damaged building (ddr-ajah-2-694)
img Large damaged building (ddr-ajah-2-694)
Caption below photo: Legislative building
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View across river with rubble in foreground (ddr-ajah-2-711)
img View across river with rubble in foreground (ddr-ajah-2-711)
Caption below photo: Looking across Pasig river
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View of military parade from above (ddr-ajah-2-609)
img View of military parade from above (ddr-ajah-2-609)
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Two men in uniform outside stadium (ddr-ajah-2-513)
img Two men in uniform outside stadium (ddr-ajah-2-513)
Caption below photo: Taira / Yuk
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Men posing for group photo outside camp building (ddr-ajah-2-504)
img Men posing for group photo outside camp building (ddr-ajah-2-504)
Caption below photo: Class picture
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Group of men around speakers table with banner in background (ddr-ajah-2-17)
img Group of men around speakers table with banner in background (ddr-ajah-2-17)
Written on back: 25th Anniv. MIS Reunion, Jack Tar Hotel S.F. / Nov. 11-13, 1966 / Col. K. Rasmussen, Col. Sydney Mashbir, Gene Uratsu, Lt. Col. Barry Saiki, and Aki Yoshimura
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Four men sitting at desks studying (ddr-ajah-2-426)
img Four men sitting at desks studying (ddr-ajah-2-426)
Caption below photo: Moff / Tak / Hooch / Yuk
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Joe Iwataki with two women and man at night club (ddr-ajah-2-825)
img Joe Iwataki with two women and man at night club (ddr-ajah-2-825)
Caption: Joe Iwataki and friends visit a night club while on furlough from Manila, Philippines during WWII. Iwataki and Tomita had known each other since their days of basic training at Fort Ord, near Monterey, CA., in 1941. The pair continued their friendship at Camp Savage in Minnesota, training with Military Intelligence Service. This May-June 1945 …
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Man standing in front monument to Andres Bonifacio (ddr-ajah-2-708)
img Man standing in front monument to Andres Bonifacio (ddr-ajah-2-708)
Caption below photo: Gus Wurzer in front of Rizal Monument
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Man sitting at desk (ddr-ajah-2-704)
img Man sitting at desk (ddr-ajah-2-704)
Caption below photo: Sgt Bernard J. Strain San Francisco
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Man standing by sign,
img Man standing by sign, "Restricted Area GHQ Officer and Work-Details Only" (ddr-ajah-2-666)
Caption below photo: Taro
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Two men standing in snow (ddr-ajah-2-472)
img Two men standing in snow (ddr-ajah-2-472)
Caption below photo: Yuk
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Man standing in snow smoking a cigarette (ddr-ajah-2-454)
img Man standing in snow smoking a cigarette (ddr-ajah-2-454)
Caption below photo: 10 minute break - Don Hikido
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Portrait of Bill Cox, autographed on front (ddr-ajah-2-740)
img Portrait of Bill Cox, autographed on front (ddr-ajah-2-740)
Caption below photo: Bill Cox
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Street and building (ddr-ajah-2-596)
img Street and building (ddr-ajah-2-596)
Caption below photo: Rich Building / G.H.Q. Barracks
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Group of men standing in line outside building (ddr-ajah-2-476)
img Group of men standing in line outside building (ddr-ajah-2-476)
Caption below photo: Chow line
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Tower above large building (ddr-ajah-2-701)
img Tower above large building (ddr-ajah-2-701)
Caption below photo: City Hall tower
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Portrait of Yoshinao Nakada, autographed on front (ddr-ajah-2-738)
img Portrait of Yoshinao Nakada, autographed on front (ddr-ajah-2-738)
Caption below photo: Sgt. Yoshinao Nakada / Azusa, Calif.
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Two men in suits outside camp building (ddr-ajah-2-540)
img Two men in suits outside camp building (ddr-ajah-2-540)
Caption below photo: Imagawa / Itami / Senseis
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Football game in stadium with crowd in bleachers (ddr-ajah-2-514)
img Football game in stadium with crowd in bleachers (ddr-ajah-2-514)
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Portrait of Cecil Lulham (ddr-ajah-2-737)
img Portrait of Cecil Lulham (ddr-ajah-2-737)
Caption on right of photo: Sgt. Cecil Lulham A.I.F. / Brisbane Queensland Australia
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Two men standing outside camp building. Joe Iwataki on right (ddr-ajah-2-549)
img Two men standing outside camp building. Joe Iwataki on right (ddr-ajah-2-549)
Caption below photo: Taro
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Man leaning against building (ddr-ajah-2-545)
img Man leaning against building (ddr-ajah-2-545)
Caption below photo: Darryl I. Taniguchi
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Two men standing by barrel. Joe Iwataki on left (ddr-ajah-2-641)
img Two men standing by barrel. Joe Iwataki on left (ddr-ajah-2-641)
Caption below photo: Bene
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Two men sitting in grass (ddr-ajah-2-582)
img Two men sitting in grass (ddr-ajah-2-582)
Caption below photo: Oguro / Nakhara
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