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Nisei linguists : Japanese Americans in the Military Intelligence Service during World War II / by James C. McNaughton.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- McNaughton, James C., 1952- author.
- Series:
- CMH pub ; 70-99-01.
- CMH pub ; 70-99-1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. War Department. Military Intelligence Service.
- United States.
- Military Intelligence Service Language School (U.S.)--History.
- Military Intelligence Service Language School (U.S.).
- World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Japanese American.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Military intelligence--United States.
- Translating services--United States--History--20th century.
- Translating services.
- Japanese Americans--History--20th century.
- Japanese Americans.
- Military intelligence.
- Genre:
- Online resources.
- History
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 514 pages : illustrations (some color), maps
- Other Title:
- Japanese Americans in the Military Intelligence Service during World War II
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Department of the Army, 2006.
- System Details:
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
- 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.
- Notes:
- G.P.O. sales statement incorrect in publication.
- "PIN : 082667-000."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-489) and index.
- Online resource, PDF version; title from title page (viewed July 23, 2010).
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2019.
- Other Format:
- Print version: McNaughton, James C., 1952- Nisei linguists
- Online version: McNaughton, James C., 1952- Nisei linguists
- OCLC:
- 652771454
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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