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vh George Katagiri Interview Segment 8 (ddr-one-7-24-8)

Drafted into the Military Intelligence Service while working in Minnesota

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vh Barry Saiki Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1004-4-5)

The important role of the Nisei in the Military Intelligence Service

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vh Sunao "Phil" Ishio Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1004-8-2)

The roles of Kibei and Nisei in the Military Intelligence Service

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vh Sunao "Phil" Ishio Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1004-8-14)

The importance of the Military Intelligence Service for the redress movement

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vh James C. McNaughton Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1004-3-6)

The importance of Japanese Americans serving in the Military Intelligence Service

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vh Roy Takai Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1004-5-1)

Being recruited for the Military Intelligence Service out of the Poston concentration camp

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vh Robert "Rusty" Kimura Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1004-16-2)

Recruited for the Military Intelligence Service; training at Camp Savage

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vh Richard E. Yamashiro Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-333-24)

Joining the Military Intelligence Service and returning to Japan to serve

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vh Spark M. Matsunaga Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1007-3-7)

The difficulties faced by Nisei in the Military Intelligence Service because of secrecy

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vh Edward H. Mitsukado Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1007-4-7)

Assigned to the Military Intelligence Service despite low Japanese language test score

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vh Kenji Goto Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1007-2-2)

The lack of commissioned officers among Nisei Military Intelligence Service men

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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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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 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 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 Roy H. Matsumoto Interview Segment 51 (ddr-densho-1000-153-51)

Being inducted into the Military Intelligence Service

Although Mr. Matsumoto does not identify himself as a Kibei (American-born person of Japanese ancestry sent to Japan for formal education and socialization when young and later returned to the U.S.), some of his life experiences are similar to those who do identify themselves as such.

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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 Frank K. Omatsu

Nisei male. Born March 31, 1924, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles where father worked as a produce buyer. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Left camp to work in Chicago, and was drafted into the military. Served with the Military …

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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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av Conversation between John Burden and Shig Kihara, part 3 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1785)

Conversation continued from ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1654/. Burden and Kihara discuss Burden and his wife predicting that Japan would fight the US before Pearl Harbor, the story of Admiral Chester Nimitz, and the founding of the Military Intelligence Service Language School. Around 6 minutes, tape shifts to b-roll shots of the two walking around and their surroundings. Video …

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vh James O. Ito Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-308-11)

Serving with military intelligence in Korea

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vh Sam Naito Interview Segment 5 (ddr-one-7-1-5)

Serving with Military Intelligence during the war

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vh Grant Hirabayashi Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1001-41-4)

Memories of the Military Intelligence Language School

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vh Tetsushi Marvin Uratsu Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-338-14)

A story of a Nisei serving in the Military Intelligence Service in occupied Japan

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