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vh James C. McNaughton Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1004-3-12)

Reflections on the Military Intelligence Service

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vh Don Oka Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1004-18-4)

Description of work with the Military Intelligence Service

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vh Don Oka Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1004-18-1)

Being sent to Alaska with the Military Intelligence Service

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vh Roy Uyehata Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1004-7-4)

Role of the Nisei in the Military Intelligence Service

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vh Kan Tagami Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1004-19-9)

Contributions with the Military Intelligence Service

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vh Gordon Yamada Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1004-2-1)

Drafted into the Military Intelligence Service

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vh John "Jack" Herzig Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1004-10-5)

Reflections on the Military Intelligence Service

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vh Roy Takai Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1004-5-2)

Intensive study at the Military Intelligence Service Language School

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vh Robert "Rusty" Kimura Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1004-16-9)

Reflections on serving in the Military Intelligence Service

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vh Kazuo Yamane Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1004-20-3)

Training at the Military Intelligence Service Language School

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Narrator George M. Yoshino

Nisei male. Born February 25, 1921, in Bellevue, Washington. Grew up in Bellevue, where parents operated a farm. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. While in camp, obtained temporary leave to work for a railroad company. Volunteered for the military, and served with the Military Intelligence …

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Narrator Nori Masuda

Nisei male. Born September 11, 1916, in Fresno, California. Grew up in Fresno in Chinatown, where the city's Chinese and Japanese communities were concentrated. During World War II, removed to the Fresno Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Left camp to work for Seabrook Farms, New Jersey. Enlisted in the military and served …

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Narrator Jack Y. Kunitomi

Nisei male. Born October 10, 1915, in California. Married prior to mass removal, and was sent to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Transferred to the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, and worked on the camp newspaper. Drafted into the army and served with the Military Intelligence Service in the Philippines and occupied Japan.

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Narrator Dave T. Maruya

Nisei male. Born May 25, 1920, in Brawley, California. Grew up in Brawley where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, drafted into the army, and served with the Military Intelligence Service in Japan and Korea. After discharge, returned to California.

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Narrator Shoso "Sho" Nomura

Nisei male. Born October 1, 1918, in Southern California. During World War II, removed to the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. Joined the Military Intelligence Service and served with the Dixie Mission, a U.S. Army Observation Group, a U.S. effort to establish official relations with the Communist Party of China and the People's Liberation Army.

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Narrator William Marutani

Nisei male. Born March 31, 1923, in Kent, Washington. During World War II, was incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp to attend college in South Dakota, was drafted into the U.S. Army and served with the Military Intelligence Service during the postwar occupation of Japan. After …

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vh Art Ishida Interview (ddr-densho-1000-363)

Nisei male. Born June 2, 1921, in Fresno, California. Grew up in the Gardena area of Los Angeles, California, before moving to Japan with parents in 1929 and returning to California in the 1930s. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Gave a qualified answer …

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vh Herbert Y. Miyasaki Interview (ddr-densho-1007-10)

Nisei male. Born March 12, 1915, in Pauuilo, Hawaii. Joined the army in December 1940 and was assigned to the 100th Infantry Battalion. Transferred to the Military Intelligence Service in 1942, and was asked to help select a group of volunteer linguists to serve with Merrill's Marauders in India and Burma. Herbert was a skilled interrogator …

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vh Edward H. Mitsukado Interview (ddr-densho-1007-4)

Nisei male. Born June 1, 1912, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Grew up in Honolulu, where father ran a taxi business. Was serving with the Hawaii Territorial 298th Infantry when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Went to the mainland for training at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin. Transferred to the Military Intelligence Service and was asked to help select the Nisei …

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vh George Koshi Interview (ddr-densho-1008-1)

Kibei male. Born June 16, 1911, in Greeley, Colorado. Raised in Denver, Colorado, until the age of five. Sent to Japan for schooling in 1917 and returned to the U.S. at the age of seventeen. Continued his education to eventually become the first Nikkei attorney in the state of Colorado. Drafted into the U.S. Army in …

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Narrator James O. Ito

Nisei male. Born August 10, 1914, in Riverside, California. Grew up in Los Angeles, California. Graduated from college before World War II. During the war, removed to the Pomona Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Was a key person heading Heart Mountain's agricultural program. Served in the Military Intelligence Service in Korea.

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av Frank Endo Interview (ddr-densho-400-1)

Frank Endo was born in Wilmington, California, on April 20,1923, and grew up on Terminal Island, California. He taught gymnastics at Santa Anita, California, Race Track and at the concentration camp in Amache, Colorado, where he was imprisoned. Endo worked in Chicago during WWII and served in the U.S. Army's Military Intelligence Service. He participated in …

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vh Takashi Matsui Interview (ddr-densho-1008-4)

Kibei male. Born January 20, 1917, in Hood River, Oregon. Lived in Seattle, Washington, before being taken to Japan by mother at the age of three. Completed elementary through high school in Japan. Returned to Seattle at seventeen years of age. Continued education in United States. Drafted in 1942 and was an instructor for the Military …

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vh Jack Y. Kunitomi Interview II Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-376-12)

Being recruited for the Military Intelligence Service and shipped overseas

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vh Cedrick M. Shimo Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-260-18)

Being kicked out of the Military Intelligence Service for refusal to serve overseas

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