Shigeya Kihara Interview Segment 1

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Helping to establish the Military Intelligence Service Language School

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July 1, 2000

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Shigeya Kihara

Shigeya Kihara Interview

02:00:42 — 14 segments

July 1, 2000

Monterey, California

Nisei male. Recruited to teach at the army's language school in fall of 1941. Helped to establish the Military Intelligence Service Language School in Presidio San Francisco and helped with the move to Minnesota. Postwar, established a career teaching with the Defense Language Institute.

(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.)

gayle k. yamada, interviewer; Rich Enos, videographer

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Courtesy of gayle k. yamada, Bridge Media, Inc.

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