Nisei and Pacific: Difference between revisions
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'''Nisei and Pacific''' gathers Japanese American (Nisei) soldiers and WACs tied on this wiki to Pacific document work, PACMIRS, or related Military Intelligence Service language training at [[Camp Ritchie]] — a story often missing from the popular “European interrogator” picture of the Ritchie Boys. | '''Nisei and Pacific''' gathers Japanese American (Nisei) soldiers and WACs tied on this wiki to Pacific document work, PACMIRS, or related Military Intelligence Service language training at [[Camp Ritchie]] — a story often missing from the popular “European interrogator” picture of the Ritchie Boys. English Wikipedia’s overview of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisei_women_translators_in_World_War_II Nisei women translators in World War II] notes that the top twenty-one Japanese American women translator graduates from the Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS) were assigned to translate captured documents in the Pacific Military Intelligence Research Section (PACMIRS) at Camp Ritchie. | ||
This is '''not''' a complete roster. Names appear when soldier pages on this wiki document the connection; more will be added as sources grow. | This is '''not''' a complete roster. Names appear when soldier pages on this wiki document the connection; more will be added as sources grow. | ||
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<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Hurt, Haruko (WAC)|Haruko Hurt]]</div> | <div class="notable-slide-name">[[Hurt, Haruko (WAC)|Haruko Hurt]]</div> | ||
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<li>Nisei | <li>née Sugi; MISLS → PACMIRS translator at Camp Ritchie (1945–1946)</li> | ||
<li>Featured in ''Nisei women translators in World War II'' (Wikipedia)</li> | |||
</ul> | </ul> | ||
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<div class="notable-slide-nophoto">No portrait yet</div> | <div class="notable-slide-nophoto">No portrait yet</div> | ||
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<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Kato, Sue (WAC)|Sue Kato]]</div> | <div class="notable-slide-name">[[Kato, Sue (WAC)|Sue Suzuko “Susie” Kato]]</div> | ||
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<li>Nisei WAC | <li>née Ogata; among the first Nisei WAC volunteers (Dec 1943); MISLS → Camp Ritchie / PACMIRS</li> | ||
<li>Featured in ''Nisei women translators in World War II'' (Wikipedia)</li> | |||
</ul> | </ul> | ||
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<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Oda, Trooda (WAC)|Trooda Oda]]</div> | <div class="notable-slide-name">[[Oda, Trooda (WAC)|Trooda Oda]]</div> | ||
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<li>Nisei WAC linguist roster entry</li> | <li>Nisei WAC linguist roster entry</li> | ||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisei_women_translators_in_World_War_II English Wikipedia, ''Nisei women translators in World War II''] (MISLS → PACMIRS at Camp Ritchie; Hurt and Kato biographies) | |||
* [[:File:MID_908_1945-07-24_Bissell_Weckerling_JA_soldiers_in_training.pdf|MID 908 file, 24 July 1945 (Bissell / Weckerling) and related Camp Ritchie / WRA papers]] — MITU organization, Section IX policy, WRA concerns (NARA RG 107; JAVA packet) | * [[:File:MID_908_1945-07-24_Bissell_Weckerling_JA_soldiers_in_training.pdf|MID 908 file, 24 July 1945 (Bissell / Weckerling) and related Camp Ritchie / WRA papers]] — MITU organization, Section IX policy, WRA concerns (NARA RG 107; JAVA packet) | ||
* [[:File:MID_908_1945-07-21_Bissell_JA_soldiers_in_training.pdf|MID 908 memorandum, 21 July 1945 (Bissell)]] — earlier draft wording on MITU / Nisei demonstration teams (NARA RG 165; JAVA packet) | * [[:File:MID_908_1945-07-21_Bissell_JA_soldiers_in_training.pdf|MID 908 memorandum, 21 July 1945 (Bissell)]] — earlier draft wording on MITU / Nisei demonstration teams (NARA RG 165; JAVA packet) | ||