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Crissy Field, Presidio,
San Francisco, CA—The first class of MIS linguists
began training in a small airplane hangar on base. After President
Franklin Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, administrators
decided to move the language school to Minnesota.
Camp Savage, MN—Throughout
the U.S., most governors did not want a Japanese language
school with Japanese-American students in their state, except
for Governor Harold E. Stassen of Minnesota. On June 1, 1942,
Camp Savage’s first class began. After December of 1942,
the school began emphasizing military language.
Fort Snelling, MN—In
August 1944, the MIS lanaguage school was moved to larger
facilities at Fort Snelling. Chinese and Korean language classes
opened, and as the war came to an end, the focus changed to
emphasize civil affairs and government to help with the Occupation
effort.
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Defense
Language Institute: |
In June 1946, the language school
was renamed the U.S. Army Language School and moved to Monterey,
CA. On July 1, 1963, it was reorganized and became the Defense
Language Institute (DLI), one of the premier language schools
in the world.
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| Pacific
Military Intelligence Research Section (PACMIRS): |
In August of 1944, the War Department
created PACMIRS atn Camp Ritchie, Maryland. The Nisei scanned
all captured documents for information that might help in strategic
planning. They discovered an important book containing the Imperial
Army Ordinance Inventory, which provided details on all Japanese
weaponry. The book’s information was used for bombing
missions as well as for the disarmament of Japan after the war’s
end.
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