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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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George Koshi Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1008-1-18)
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Assigned to the Pacific Military Intelligence Research Section (PACMIRS) Washington Document Center

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George Koshi Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1008-1-9)
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Being recruited to join the Military Intelligence Service

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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George Koshi Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1008-1-10)
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Being a language instructor for the Military Intelligence Service Language School

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George Koshi Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1008-1-16)
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Reflecting on the atomic bombings

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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Harvey Watanabe Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1008-5-24)
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Persuading Japanese officers to remove their sidearms and sabers

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Harvey Watanabe Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1008-5-12)
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Being recruited for the Military Intelligence Service (MIS)

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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Harvey Watanabe Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1008-5-10)
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Removal and evacuation of Japanese American servicemen

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Harvey Watanabe Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1008-5-19)
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Duties in Australia: questioning prisoners, destroying documents

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Harvey Watanabe Interview Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1008-5-26)
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Managing the Dai Ichi Hotel in Tokyo with Japanese staff

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Harvey Watanabe Interview Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1008-5-29)
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Problems with the hotel heating system: preempting "hara kiri"

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Harvey Watanabe Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1008-5-20)
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Being tailed by a Counterintelligence Corps (CIC) agent

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Harvey Watanabe Interview Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1008-5-25)
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Refusing bodyguards: "People in Japan are people like you and me"

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Harvey Watanabe Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1008-5-17)
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Translation services: difficulties of performing technical translations

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Takashi Matsui Interview Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1008-4-25)
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Meeting General Iwane Matsui in a Tokyo hospital

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Takashi Matsui Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1008-4-18)
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Teaching at Military Intelligence Service Language School, Camp Savage, Minnesota: Emphasizing strict discipline, relationship with students

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Takashi Matsui Interview Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1008-4-27)
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Description of a particularly memorable war crimes case

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Takashi Matsui Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1008-4-23)
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War crimes trials in postwar Japan

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Takashi Matsui Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1008-4-13)
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Being recruited for the Military Intelligence Service

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Takashi Matsui Interview Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1008-4-26)
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Importance of witnesses in the war crimes trials

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Takashi Matsui Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1008-4-21)
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Visiting relatives in occupied Japan: traveling by train to Fukuoka with Japanese citizens

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Takashi Matsui Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1008-4-24)
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Description of duties during the war crimes trials

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Howard H. Furumoto Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1007-1-10)
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Eating fallen pack mules as conditions worsened in Burma

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Howard H. Furumoto Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1007-1-11)
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Positive and negative memories of assignment in Burma

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Howard H. Furumoto Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1007-1-12)
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A frightening experience in Burma, protection for Nisei soldiers

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Howard H. Furumoto Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1007-1-8)
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Feeling close kinship with other Nisei in Merrill's Marauders

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