U.S. Counterintelligence Corps

The first all-Nisei Counterintelligence Corps (CIC) unit began training at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, in the spring of 1945 to prepare for the occupation of Japan. The mission of the Nisei in CIC was to use their linguistic and cultural knowledge to detect and prevent activities directed against Occupation Forces. Nisei CIC personnel were assigned to every prefecture in Japan and relied on a network of police, local government officials and media to carry out their intelligence work. They were also involved with recruiting informants within nationalist and ultra-leftist organizations.

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doc Counter-Intelligence Corps in Japan (ddr-csujad-55-2003)

Essay on the history and activities of Saburo Oshita and the 441st Counter-Intelligence Corps during World War II. Covers Oshita's background and training, objectives of the Counter-Intelligence Corps, occupation and activities in Japan, assignment in Hokkaido and Wakkanai, and the role of Nisei in the Counter-Intelligence Corps. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2003/

doc Judge Mikio Uchiyama (ddr-csujad-8-78)

Oral history interview with Judge Mikio Uchiyama. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Uchiyama, Judge Miko

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-78/

doc Postcard from Sgt. Frank Honda to Iku Morita (ddr-densho-497-6)

Postcard of Marseille, France. Highlighting N.D. de la Garde, Palais Longchamp, and Pont Transbordeur.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-497-6/

vh Spady Koyama Interview II Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-39-6)

Investigating communist spies in Japan for the U.S. Counterintelligence Corps (CIC)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-39-6/

vh Spady Koyama Interview II Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-39-7)

Moving up the ranks of the Counterintelligence Corps

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-39-7/

vh Spady Koyama Interview II Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-39-8)

Receiving the biggest assignment of all: heading up U.S. Army counterintelligence in Vietnam

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-39-8/

vh Richard Kosaki Interview Segment 18 (ddr-janm-13-1-18)

Being sent on a secret mission to deliver documents to General MacArthur's headquarters

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 …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-13-1-18/

vh Richard Kosaki Interview Segment 19 (ddr-janm-13-1-19)

Stationed in Japan in a counterintelligence unit: witnessing the hardships faced by the Japanese people

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-13-1-19/

vh Henry Miyatake Interview III Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-55-20)

Finding out a Japanese American undercover agent was assigned to Tule Lake

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-55-20/

vh Henry Miyatake Interview III Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-55-9)

Meeting other Japanese Americans in basic training

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-55-9/

vh Henry Miyatake Interview III Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-55-17)

An argument leads to insubordination charge, squirreled away in Central Records Facility

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-55-17/

vh Henry Miyatake Interview III Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-55-12)

Memories of Counterintelligence Corps training

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-55-12/

vh Henry Miyatake Interview III Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-55-11)

Meeting acquaintances from Seattle during Counterintelligence Corps training

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-55-11/

vh Henry Miyatake Interview III Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-55-19)

Meeting a Japanese American undercover agent who spied on the Japanese American community for the Counterintelligence Corps

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-55-19/

vh Henry Miyatake Interview III Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-55-16)

Volunteering for covert assignments in the Counterintelligence Corps

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-55-16/

vh Henry Miyatake Interview III Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-55-15)

An inventive mind: designing a propeller-seeking, noise-honing, underwater torpedo

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-55-15/

vh Henry Miyatake Interview III Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-55-14)

Becoming an instructor at the Counterintelligence Corps school

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-55-14/

vh Henry Miyatake Interview III Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-55-21)

Being asked to show an undercover agent around

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-55-21/

vh Henry Miyatake Interview III Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-55-13)

Sent for additional communications training

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-55-13/

vh Henry Miyatake Interview III Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-55-18)

Access to classified information reveals reports of Counterintelligence Corps informants in the concentration camps

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-55-18/

vh Henry Miyatake Interview III Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-55-10)

Testing into the Counterintelligence Corps

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-55-10/

vh Henry Miyatake Interview III Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-55-8)

Entering the Counterintelligence Corps (CIC)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-55-8/

vh Arthur Nishimoto Interview Segment 26 (ddr-manz-1-129-26)

Being called back to active duty

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-129-26/

vh Arthur Nishimoto Interview Segment 20 (ddr-manz-1-129-20)

Transferring to the Counterintelligence Corps

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-129-20/