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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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img Nisei interpreters with "Merrill's Marauders" (ddr-densho-114-5)

Original caption: Burma. Left, Tec Sgt. Herbert Miyasaki, Paauild, Hawaii, right, Tec Sgt. Akiji Yoshimira, Colusa, Cal., American-Japanese interpreter with Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill's Infantry troops in Northern Burma. 1 May 1944.

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Original caption: "Left, Tec. Sgt. Herbert Miyasaki, Paaulid, Hawaii, right, Tec. Sgt. Akiji Yoshimura, Colusa, Calif., American-Japanese interpreter with Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill's Infantry troops in Northern Burma. 5/1/44." Town in Hawaii may actually be Paauilo.

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vh Herbert Y. Miyasaki Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1007-10-9)

Techniques for interrogating Japanese prisoners of war

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vh Herbert Y. Miyasaki Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1007-10-3)

Thoughts about officers in the Military Intelligence Service

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vh Herbert Y. Miyasaki Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1007-10-1)

Advice when training interrogators of Japanese prisoners of war

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vh Herbert Y. Miyasaki Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1007-10-5)

Serving behind enemy Japanese lines in Burma (audio only)

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vh Herbert Y. Miyasaki Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1007-10-6)

The significance of the Japanese POWs' swords (audio only)

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

Serving as General Merrill's personal interpreter

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vh Herbert Y. Miyasaki Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1007-10-4)

Being asked to help select the group of volunteers for a secret mission (audio only)

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vh Herbert Y. Miyasaki Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1007-10-8)

Closeness with fellow soldiers in Merrill's Marauders

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vh Herbert Y. Miyasaki Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1007-10-2)

Interacting with white soldiers on the trip to the mainland

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vh Herbert Y. Miyasaki Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1007-10-7)

Difficult terrain in Burma; working with soldiers from other countries

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Narrator Herbert Y. Miyasaki

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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