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Military Intelligence Service Oral Histories

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Title
Military Intelligence Service Oral Histories
Alternative Title
Saga of the MIS
Date Created
March 11th, 1989
Description
These oral histories are recordings of a panel featuring Japanese American World War II veterans who served in the Military Intelligence Service, the army’s unit of Japanese Americans that provided translation and interrogation services. Speakers talk about their experiences that range from family life, Pearl Harbor, being incarcerated in the internment camps, joining the military, training for the Military Intelligence Service, and serving in combat in the South Pacific. Nearly all of these MIS panelists were born and raised in California.
Item or Container Annotation
Notes on tapes: Tape 1: Intro: Genesis of the MISLS, Hayato Kihara. Panel I New Guinea, Philippines, Central Pacific: Rusty Kimura, Harry Kubo, Nob Yamashita, Min Hara (read by Vic Abe), Don Oka, + Nob Furuye (read by Don Oka). Tape 2: Panel I Conclusion. Panel II China, Burma, India. Intro: Henry Kuwabara. Hank Gosho, Sho Nomura, Karl Yoneda, Hank - part II, Henry Kuwabara Conclusion. Tape 3: Panel II - conclusion. Panel III - Aleutians, Okinawa. Moderator: Mits Usui. Pete Nakao, Jim Mita, Frank Hayashi, George Sankey (read by Mits Usui). Panel IV - Australia, Philippine: Surrender on the battleship Missouri. Moderator: George Kanegai. Tape 4: Panel IV: Australia-Philippines: Surrender on the battleship Missouri. Fred Miyata, Gene Uratsu, Harry Akine (read by Paul Bannai), Paul Bannai, Tom Sakamoto, Loni Ding, Hayato Kihara. Moderator: George Kanegai
Creators and Contributors
Creator: Kanegai, George
Creator: Usui, Mits
Interviewer: Kanegai, George
Interviewer: Usui, Mits
Interviewee: Mita, Jim
Interviewee: Hayashi, Frank
Interviewee: Sankey, George
Interviewee: Miyata, Fred
Interviewee: Uratsu, Gene
Interviewee: Akune, Harry
Interviewee: Bannai, Paul
Interviewee: Sakamoto, Tom
Interviewee: Ding, Loni
Interviewee: Kihara, Hayato
Interviewee: Kihara, Hayato
Interviewee: Kimura, Rusty
Interviewee: Kubo, Harry
Interviewee: Yamashita, Nob
Interviewee: Hara, Min
Interviewee: Oka, Don
Interviewee: Furuye, Nob
Interviewee: Kuwabara, Henry
Interviewee: Gosho, Hank
Interviewee: Nomura, Sho
Interviewee: Yoneda, Karl
Interviewee: Nakao, Pete
Subject Topic
Japanese American soldiers
Military Intelligence Service
United States. War Department
World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--California
World War, 1939-1945
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Japanese Americans--California--History
Internment
Language
English

Media type
Sound
Format
Audio cassette
Extent
4 Tapes
Generation
Original
Stock manufacturer
Maxell
Copyright Statement
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Country of Creation
United States
Source Institution
Visual Communications Archives
Link to Internet Archive
http://archive.org/details/calavc_00002