| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 514 pages : illustrations (some color), maps. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Series |
CMH pub ; 70-99-1 |
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CMH pub ; 70-99-01.
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| Note |
G.P.O. sales statement incorrect in publication. |
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"PIN : 082667-000." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages *-*). |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-489) and index. |
| Note |
Online resource, PDF version; title from title page (viewed July 23, 2010). |
| Summary |
Chronicles the establishment and achievements of U.S. Army Military Intelligence Service, the organization that trained and employed uniformed Japanese American linguists. Tells the story of second-generation Japanese Americans (Nisei) who served as interpreters and translators in World War 2. Describes how the War Department recruited soldiers from an ethnic minority and trained them in a secret school to use the Japanese language. |
| Contents |
The U.S. Army and the Nisei before Pearl Harbor -- Fourth Army intelligence school, November 1941-May 1942 -- MIS Nisei pioneers, May 1942-February 1943 -- Camp Savage, 1942-1943 -- Camp Savage, 1943-1944 -- MIS Nisei in the campaigns of 1943 -- MIS Nisei serving in the continental United States, 1943-1945 -- MIS Nisei in the campaigns of 1944 -- Fort Snelling, 1944-1945 -- MIS Nisei in the campaigns of 1945 -- MIS Nisei and the surrender of Japan, August-September 1945 -- MIS Nisei and the early occupation of Japan, September 1945-February 1946 -- Epilogue: MIS Nisei and history. |
| Subject |
United States. War Department. Military Intelligence Service.
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Military Intelligence Service Language School (U.S.) -- History.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence -- United States.
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Translating services -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Japanese Americans -- History -- 20th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Online resources.
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| Added Author |
United States. Department of the Army, issuing body.
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| Added Title |
Japanese Americans in the Military Intelligence Service during World War II |
| Other Form: |
Print version: McNaughton, James C., 1952- Nisei linguists (DLC) 2006019774 (OCoLC)70149258 |
| ISBN |
0160729572 |
| Gpo Item No. |
0325 (online) |
| Sudoc No. |
D 101.2:N 63 |
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