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BOOKS
The Pacific War and Peace: Americans of Japanese Ancestry in Military Intelligence
Service 1941 to 1952
This commemorative booklet, compiled on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS), is a brief introduction to the little known exploits of the MIS Nisei in the Pacific war and in the subsequent occupation of their ancestral land by the Allied forces.

"The United States of America owes a debt to these men (Nisei linguists) and to their families which it can never fully repay." - Colonel Sidney Forrester Mashbir, Commandant, Allied Translator and Interpreter Section

"Never in military history did an army know so much about the enemy prior to actual engagement." - General Douglas MacArthur

Published by Military Intelligence Service Association of Northern California and National Japanese American Historical Society. $10.00 paperback.

Nisei Linguists
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.

Year/pages: 2006: 530 p.; ill. $29.00 + Tax + Shipping and Handling

VIDEOS ON VHS
Fifty Years of Silence: The Untold Story of
Japanese American Soldiers in the Pacific Theater, 1941 – 1952
Graduates of the U. S. Military Intelligence Language School speak in this documentary by Sheryl Narahara about their service as linguists in the Pacific during World War II. These Nisei veterans, despite daunting bigotry at home, made invaluable contributions to the war effort - contributions not openly acknowledged until 1972. Narrated by Lane Nishikawa.

VHS 1992 Running Time: 48 minutes $30.00 + tax + shipping and handling

Prejudice and Patriotism: Americans of Japanese Ancestry in the Military Intelligence Service of World War II
Narrated by Ken Kashiwahara with an introduction by Colin Powell. Features first person accounts of the MIS story. Produced and directed by Chris Kobayashi and Calvin Roberts. Executive Producers: MIS Norcal Association and the National Japanese American Historical Society. A product of California Civil Liberties Public Education Program.

VHS 1998 Running Time: 42 minutes 25 seconds $25.00 + Tax + Shipping and Handling

Mission In Manila: The Story of Richard Sakakida
Documentary film in which Richard Sakakida tells how, as a 20-year old Japanese-American ROTC student, he was sent on an undercover intelligence mission to Manila in 1941. He was captured by the Japanese, tortured and held prisoner for four years.

“Colonel Sakakida was a true hero, one whose contributions, tragically, have never fully been recognized by his own Government. His was one of the most amazing stories to come out of World War II. As a United States Army undercover agent and prisoner of war of the Japanese in the Philippines 50 years ago, he endured isolation, privation, disease, shrapnel wounds, the constant threat of discovery, and unspeakable physical torture in carrying out daring intelligence missions for his country. His sacrifices not only resulted in the advancement of the Allied cause during the Second World War, they reflected a great sense of duty and personal courage rarely seen even in that great conflict.” – Senator Daniel Akaka (HI)

VHS 1994 Running Time: 28 minutes $25.00 + tax + shipping and handling.

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