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Nisei linguists : Japanese Americans in the Military Intelligence Service during World War II / by James C. McNaughton.

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Format:
Book
Government document
Author/Creator:
McNaughton, James C., 1952- author.
Contributor:
United States. Department of the Army, issuing body.
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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