Download or read book Nisei linguists Japanese Americans in the Military Intelligence Service During World War II Paperbound written by James C. McNaughton and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2006 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book tells the story of an unusual group of American soldiers in World War II, second-generation Japanese Americans (Nisei) who served as interpreters and translators in the Military Intelligence Service."--Preface.
Download or read book First Class written by David W. Swift and published by . This book was released on 2008-10-18 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paperback. A collection of memoirs and memories--writings of mostly Japanese American veterans and their family members of the first class of the US Army's first Intelligence Language School at the Presidio of San Francisco. They secretly began training in Japanese military language on November 1, 1941, nearly one month prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Download or read book Nisei Soldiers Break Their Silence written by Linda Tamura and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2012-12-15 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nisei Soldiers Break Their Silence is a compelling story of courage, community, endurance, and reparation. It shares the experiences of Japanese Americans (Nisei) who served in the U.S. Army during World War II, fighting on the front lines in Italy and France, serving as linguists in the South Pacific, and working as cooks and medics. The soldiers were from Hood River, Oregon, where their families were landowners and fruit growers. Town leaders, including veterans' groups, attempted to prevent their return after the war and stripped their names from the local war memorial. All of the soldiers were American citizens, but their parents were Japanese immigrants and had been imprisoned in camps as a consequence of Executive Order 9066. The racist homecoming that the Hood River Japanese American soldiers received was decried across the nation. Linda Tamura, who grew up in Hood River and whose father was a veteran of the war, conducted extensive oral histories with the veterans, their families, and members of the community. She had access to hundreds of recently uncovered letters and documents from private files of a local veterans' group that led the campaign against the Japanese American soldiers. This book also includes the little known story of local Nisei veterans who spent 40 years appealing their convictions for insubordination. Watch the book trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHMcFdmixLk
Download or read book Proving Loyalty written by Nathan Schlitter and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book U S Army Special Operations in World War II Paperback format only written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CMH 70-42. Army Special Publication. Discusses a variety of commando and guerrilla operations that were conducted on the plains of Europe and in the jungles of the Pacific to harass the Axis armies, to gather intelligence, and to support the more conventional Allied military efforts, yet their significance was a matter of dispute. Hogan examines the critical issues underlying special operations and shows how American leaders employed commandos - rangers in Army parlance - and guerrillas extensively, if not systematically, during the war. Other related products: World War II resources collection can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/us-military-history/battles-wars/world-war-ii Nisei Linguists: Japanese Americans in the Military Intelligence Service During World War II --Print Paperback format can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-029-00432-1 American Military History Volume 2: The United States Army in a Global Era, 1917-2008 --Print Hardcover format can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-029-00525-5 Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook -- Looseleaf with binder format-- can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-070-00810-6 --CD-ROM format can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-070-00816-5 --ePub format available from Apple iBookstore and Google Play eBookstore. Please use ISBN: 9780160867194 to search this title through their platform(s).
Download or read book A Spy in Their Midst written by Wayne S. Kiyosaki and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1995 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The incredible true story of a Japanese American captured by the enemy while working as a U.S. Army spy during World War II reveals unspeakable torture, narrow escape from death, and acquisition of valuable military information for MacArthur. IP.
Download or read book Honor by Fire written by Lyn Crost and published by Presidio Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the Nisei (first-generation Japanese Americans) Purple-Heart Battalion.
Download or read book When the Akimotos Went to War written by Matthew Elms and published by U.S. Independent Agencies and Commissions. This book was released on 2015 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An American story of Heroism, Family, Patrotism and Sacrifice During World War II The newly released non-fiction book, When the Akimotos Went to War: An untold story of family, patriotism and sacrifice during World War II, captures the story of three Japanese American brothers--Victor, Johnny, and Ted Akimoto--who volunteered for military service while their family members were forced into an internment camp. Despite the nation-wide fear of the Nisei--the first generation of Japanese children born in the United States who were American citizens--the Akimoto brothers pledged their loyalty and bravery to the U.S. military, wanting to prove that being an American ran deeper than race. Through the use of photographs, letters, and original documents, the voices of these three brothers are heard throughout the book From stateside training to fighting in Europe, the Akimoto brothers served proudly, hoping to help change public perception of Japanese Americans. But ultimately, not all of the brothers return after the war, proving that bullets and disease do not discriminate. This story turns back the pages of history and allows the reader and insight into the human side of war , told through a single family. The Akimoto family and this collection of their decisions have lessons to teach all of us about life and death while also providing us a view and better understanding of the Japanese-American experience during World War II. This story will engage middle school students and above to identify and understand the struggles that Japanese-American soldiers endured during World War II. This content will help students expand their knowledge about U.S. history to include an understanding of training camps, shipping out overseas, loss of life, and prisoner of war camps during World War II. Other related products: Nisei Linguists: Japanese Americans in the Military Intelligence Service During World War II -print paperback format can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-029-00432-1 ePub eBook format can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/999-000-33332-4 World War II collection can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/us-military-history/battles-wars/world-war-ii
Download or read book Kojiro F Kawaguchi Papers written by Kojiro F. Kawaguchi and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: General description of the collection: The Kojiro F. Kawaguchi Papers contains his memoir, "The Nisei Story: The Story of Japanese Americans during World War II." In his memoir, Kawaguchi describes his evacuation and relocation to Tanforan Assembly Center in San Bruno, California. He discusses his life there and at the Topaz Relocation Center in Utah during the U.S. government's internment of Japanese and Japanese-Americans. He also briefly describes the contributions of the Nisei during WWII, in U.S. Army combat units and with the Military Intelligence Service, and gives examples of individual heroism.
Download or read book Rising Son written by Sandra Vea and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2019-02-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The remarkable story of a Japanese American who served in a top-secret team in World War II that coaxed Japanese Imperial soldiers from their bunkers on the front lines of the war in the Pacific. Masao Abe was a second-generation Japanese American who was swept up in the momentum of history during World War II. Born in southern California but educated as a teenager in Japan during the 1930s, he returned to the US and was drafted into the US Army. As he completed basic training, the attack on Pearl Harbor put his military career in limbo because the US government didn't know what to do with him or how to think about him--was he an enemy or a patriot? Masao was eventually recruited to join the secretive Military Intelligence Service: he was trained to accompany American soldiers as they fought their way across the islands in the Pacific. His assignment was to convince Japanese Imperial soldiers to lay down their arms, and to read captured documents looking for enemy strategies. He went to war with a bodyguard because his commanders knew he wore a target on his front and his back. This little-known slice of history reveals how the confluence of race, war, and loyalty played out when the nation called for the service of those it judged most harshly.
Download or read book Magic written by David D. Lowman and published by Athena Press (UT). This book was released on 2001 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Deciphering the Rising Sun written by Roger Dingman and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about Americans not of Japanese ancestry, who served as Japanese language officers in World War II. Covering the period 1940-1945, it describes their selection, training, and service in the Navy and Marine Corps during the war and their contributions to maintenance of good relations between America and Japan thereafter. It argues that their service as “code breakers” and combat interpreters hastened victory and that their cross-cultural experience and linguistic knowledge facilitated the successful dismantling of the Japanese Empire and the peaceful occupation of Japan. The book shows how the war changed relations between the Navy and academia, transformed the lives of these 1200 men and women, and set onetime enemies on course to enduring friendship. Its purpose is twofold: to reveal an exciting and hitherto unknown aspect of the Pacific War and to demonstrate the enduring importance of linguistic and cross-cultural knowledge within America’s armed forces in war and peace alike.The book is meant for the general reader interested in World War II, as well as academic specialists and other persons particularly interested in that conflict. It will also appeal to readers with an interest in America’s intelligence establishment and to those interested in Japan and its relations with the United States. This history tells and exciting and previously unknown story of men and women whose brains and devotion to duty enabled them to learn an extraordinarily difficult language and use it in combat and ashore to hasten Japan’s defeat and transformation from enemy to friend of America.
Download or read book Army History written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Japanese Americans Play Vital Role in United States Intelligence Service in World War Two written by John Weckerling and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Americanism written by Maui's Sons and Daughters of the Nisei Veterans and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slightly edited transcripts of oral history interviews with Japanese American veterans from Hawaii and who served in the Military Intelligence Service during World War II. Interviewees: James Mitsuo Hozaki, Yoichi Kawano, Sam Teruo Kikumoto, Noboru Koito, Robert Matsushita, Tadashi Sato, Meyer Ueoka, Tom Yamada.
Download or read book Kansha written by Shizue Seigel and published by . This book was released on 2004* with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On October 23, 2002, the Board of Directors of Military Intelligence Service Association of Northern California ... voted to support and spearhead the implementation of the Kansha Project. "Kansha" is the Japanese word for appreciation or gratitude. The Kansha Project was created to acknowledge non-Nikkei (non-Japanese) Americans who courageously assisted Japanese Amricans during the dark days of WWII.
