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Military Intelligence Service Language School Opens
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The Army opened a secret Japanese-language school at the Presidio of San Francisco; its Nisei graduates-the Military Intelligence Service-served as translators and interrogators in the Pacific even as their families were incarcerated, and were later called 'America's secret weapon.'
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- army.mil army.mil/article/113900/japanese_language_school_opened_at_presidio_of_san_francisco_1_november_1941
- encyclopedia.densho.org encyclopedia.densho.org/Military_Intelligence_Service_Language_School