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
ISBN 1881506029
$10.00 paperback

Black and white photos; 95 pages