For further study about MIS and Japanese-American
involvement in the Pacific War, the following materials are
recommended. Many of the following were used in the development
of the Military Intelligence Service Research Center.
Print Materials
Crost, Lyn. Honor by Fire: Japanese Americans
at War in Europe and the Pacific. Novato, CA: Presidio
Press, 1994.
Falk, Stanley, and Warren Tsuneishi, eds. MIS
in the War Against Japan: Personal Experiences Related at
the 1993 MIS Capital Reunion. Washington, D.C.: Japanese-American
Veterans’ Association, 1995.
Harrington, Joseph D. Yankee Samurai: The
Secret Role of Nisei in America’s Pacific Victory.
Detroit, MI: Harlo Press, 1979.
Ichinokuchi, Tad, ed. John Aiso and the
MIS: Japanese American Soldiers in the Military Intelligence
Service, World War II. Los Angeles, CA: Military Intelligence
Service Club of Southern California, 1988.
Kiyosaki, Wayne. A Spy in Their Midst, the
World War II Struggle of a Japanese-American Hero: The Story
of Richard Sakakida. Lanham, MD: Madison Books, 1995.
McNaughton, James C. “Nisei Linguists
and New Perspectives on the Pacific War:
Intelligence, Race, and Continuity.” Paper presented
at the Conference of Army Historians, 1994. Available electronically
at http://www.army.mil/CMH-PG/topics/apam/Nisei.htm
“MIS in Japan.” Nikkei Heritage
XV, no. 1 (Winter 2003).
Military Intelligence Service. Military
Intelligence Service Language School Album. Fort Snelling,
MN: Military Intelligence Service, 1946.
Military Intelligence Service Association of
Northern California and National Japanese American Historical
Society. The Pacific War and Peace: Americans of Japanese
Ancestry in Military Intelligence Service, 1941 to 1952.
San Francisco, CA: MIS NorCal and NJAHS, 1991.
Military Intelligence Service Veterans Club
of Hawaii. Secret Valor: MIS Personnel, World War II Pacific
Theater, Pre-Pearl Harbor to Sept. 8, 1951. Rev. ed.
Honolulu, HI: MIS Veterans Club of Hawaii, 2002.
National Japanese American Historical Society.
Americans of Japanese Ancestry and the United States Constitution
1787–1987. San Francisco, CA: NJAHS, 1987.
National Japanese American Historical Society.
Due Process: Americans of Japanese Ancestry and the United
States Constitution 1787–1994. San Francisco, CA:
NJAHS, 1995.
Niiya, Brian, ed. Japanese American History:
An A-to-Z Reference from 1868 to the Present. New York,
N.Y.: Facts on File, 1993.
“Nisei in the Military Intelligence Service.”
Nikkei Heritage III, no. 4 (Fall 1991).
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Web Sites
Educational Sites
Japanese American Veterans Organizations
Japanese American/Asian American Organizations
Historical Organizations
Museums and Archives
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Videos
“The Color of Honor”
Produced and directed by Loni Ding, 1989
“Fifty Years of Silence: The Untold Story of Japanese
American Soldiers in the Pacific Theater, 1941-52” *
Produced by Sheryl Narahara, 1992
“Prejudice and Patriotism: The Story of
Japanese American Military Intelligence Service”
*
Produced by the National Japanese American Historical Society,
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“Uncommon Courage: Patriotism and
Civil Liberties” *
Written and produced by gayle
yamada, 2000
* These titles are available
for purchase from the NJAHS
web site.
View clips
from "Uncommon Courage" and "Prejudice and
Patriotism".
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Organizations
Go for Broke Educational
Foundation
P.O. Box 2590
Gardena, CA 90247
Phone: (310) 328-0907
Email: esoldier@goforbroke.org
www.goforbroke.org
Japanese-American Veterans’
Association of Washington, D.C.
P.O. Box 391
Vienna, VA 22183
Phone: (703) 425-1444
Email: admin@javadc.org
www.javadc.org
Japanese American National
Museum
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, California 90012
Phone: (213) 625-0414; 1-800-461-5266
Fax: (213) 625-1770
www.janm.org
Japanese American War Veterans
www.ajawarvets.com
Military Intelligence
Service Club of Southern California
707 East Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
MIS Veterans Club of
Hawaii
PO Box 3021
Honolulu, Hawaii 96802
National Japanese American Historical
Society
1684 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: (415) 921-5007
Email: njahs@njahs.org
www.njahs.org
National Japanese American Memorial
Foundation
1000 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 304
Washington, D.C. 20036
Phone: (202) 530-0015
Email: info@njamf.com
www.njamf.com
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