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Featured Veterans
Hon. John Aiso:
One of the first teachers at the Military Intelligence
Service Language School at the Presidio of San
Francisco, Aiso directed the school throughout
World War II and provided strict leadership and
guidance that helped the MIS linguists succeed
in the field.
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Harry Fukuhara:
After graduating from the MISLS at Fort Snelling,
Fukuhara served in the Southwest Pacific Command
and Occupied Japan. In Japan, he assisted in the
creation of the Japanese Defense and Police Agency.
In the beginning of 1946, the Army deactivated
him and he returned to the United States. One
year later, he decided to go to Japan to participate
in counterintelligence activities and stayed with
the Army for the next 30 years of his life.
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Richard Hayashi:
Hayashi was the first Nisei to have served in
Europe and in the Pacific. As a member of the
442nd RCT, Hayashi led platoons in France and
Italy. After Europe, he received orders to join
a parachute unit destined for the invasion of
Kyushu, Japan. He taught at MISLS in Fort Snelling
and later at the Presidio of Monterey. In May
1947, Hayashi headed for Japan to work with ATIS
and the 441st Counter Intelligence Detachment
in Tokyo.
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Masaji Inoshita:
Inoshita volunteered for the Military Intelligence
Service from Gila River Detention Camp in Arizona
and served in New Delhi, India. After the war,
he went to China to interpret the surrender of
Japanese troops.
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Henry Kuwabara:
After graduating from MISLS, Kuwabara received
assignment in the China-Burma-India Theater. For
two years, he served under SEATIC, Northern Area
Combat Command, Nationalist Chinese 22nd Division,
and the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). After
the war, he joined a team of Nisei attached to
the British Headquarters in Singapore and Malaysia.
For this service, Kuwabara received a British
Empire Medal and a Bronze Star. During the Occupation
Kuwabara worked with ATIS and CIC, and in the
Korean War, he was in charge of a seven-member
Nisei intelligence group of the G-2 Section.
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Kan Tagami: Tagami
served in the China-Burma-India theater as one
of Merrill's Marauders. During the Occupation
Tagami served as General Douglas MacArthur's interpreter
during the Occupation and once met privately with
the Emperor of Japan.
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Eugene Wright:
In June 1941, Wright left his flourishing law
practice to volunteer for the Army. Assigned to
the 4th Army Intelligence School, he was one of
six officers in a special class at the Presidio
of San Francisco. In the Pacific, he served in
New Caledonia, Guadalcanal, Russell Islands, and
in the Battle of New Georgia. Wright also conducted
training sessions in which he explained the importance
of the MIS linguists for the war effort. In January
1945, he was sent back to the U.S. to take over
PACMIRS. At Camp Ritchie, Wright and his staff
analyzed and translated documents and photographs
coming in from the Philippines.
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