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== MISLS WAC Detachment and Camp Ritchie ==

A 1946 Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS) yearbook page (Fort Snelling era; Fold3 scans from a Facebook/RB Archive packet) records the WAC Detachment’s path into Camp Ritchie document work:

* Seven WACs—the first in the school’s history—arrived in '''November 1944'''; the detachment later grew to '''51''' WACs (among them three Caucasians and one Chinese American). After brief clerical assignments they entered the academic translator program.

* In '''November 1945''' the first WAC commencement graduated '''35''' enlisted women; '''21''' were transferred to '''Camp Ritchie''', and three remained as MISLS instructors.

* In '''January 1946''' the last large graduate group left for overseas assignment; in '''February 1946''' the WAC Detachment was deactivated after the remaining graduates transferred to Camp Ritchie.

Capt. '''Marian E. Nestor''' (WAC), Director of Personnel Procurement and at one time Commanding Officer of the WAC Detachment, appears in the yearbook (portrait below). Yearbook captions also show the first WACs at MISLS and WAC graduates boarding a bus “for Camp Ritchie, Maryland.” Individuals in the group photos are '''not''' identified by name here—do not treat crops as confirmed portraits of [[Hurt, Haruko (WAC)|Haruko Hurt]], [[Kato, Sue (WAC)|Sue Kato]], or other roster WACs without further evidence.

This primary caption set supports the Wikipedia note that about twenty-one MISLS women translator graduates went to PACMIRS / Camp Ritchie (see intro above).

MISLS_WAC_Capt_Marian_E_Nestor.jpg|Capt. Marian E. Nestor, WAC — Director of Personnel Procurement / CO, WAC Detachment (MISLS yearbook)

MISLS_WAC_first_twelve_MISLS_steps.jpg|First WACs to MISLS with Capt. Nestor (yearbook caption)

MISLS_WAC_grads_bus_to_Camp_Ritchie.jpg|WAC MIS grads leaving for Camp Ritchie, Maryland (yearbook caption)

MISLS_WAC_first_group_Japan_ATC.jpg|First MISLS WACs ready for Trans-Pacific flight to Japan (yearbook caption)

MISLS_WAC_yearbook_page90.jpg|Full yearbook page 90

MISLS_WAC_yearbook_page91.jpg|Full yearbook page 91 (21 transferred to Camp Ritchie)

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== Sources ==

* [https://www.fold3.com/image/704852256 Fold3 — MISLS WAC yearbook page 91] / [[:File:MISLS_WAC_yearbook_page91.jpg|page scan]] (21 graduates to Camp Ritchie, Nov 1945; remaining Feb 1946)

* [https://www.fold3.com/image/704852335 Fold3 — MISLS WAC yearbook page 90] / [[:File:MISLS_WAC_yearbook_page90.jpg|page scan]]

* [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)

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+== MISLS WAC Detachment and Camp Ritchie ==
+A 1946 Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS) yearbook page (Fort Snelling era; Fold3 scans from a Facebook/RB Archive packet) records the WAC Detachment’s path into Camp Ritchie document work:
+* Seven WACs—the first in the school’s history—arrived in '''November 1944'''; the detachment later grew to '''51''' WACs (among them three Caucasians and one Chinese American). After brief clerical assignments they entered the academic translator program.
+* In '''November 1945''' the first WAC commencement graduated '''35''' enlisted women; '''21''' were transferred to '''Camp Ritchie''', and three remained as MISLS instructors.
+* In '''January 1946''' the last large graduate group left for overseas assignment; in '''February 1946''' the WAC Detachment was deactivated after the remaining graduates transferred to Camp Ritchie.
+Capt. '''Marian E. Nestor''' (WAC), Director of Personnel Procurement and at one time Commanding Officer of the WAC Detachment, appears in the yearbook (portrait below). Yearbook captions also show the first WACs at MISLS and WAC graduates boarding a bus “for Camp Ritchie, Maryland.” Individuals in the group photos are '''not''' identified by name here—do not treat crops as confirmed portraits of [[Hurt, Haruko (WAC)|Haruko Hurt]], [[Kato, Sue (WAC)|Sue Kato]], or other roster WACs without further evidence.
+This primary caption set supports the Wikipedia note that about twenty-one MISLS women translator graduates went to PACMIRS / Camp Ritchie (see intro above).
+<div class="photos-featured">
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="180px">
+MISLS_WAC_Capt_Marian_E_Nestor.jpg|Capt. Marian E. Nestor, WAC — Director of Personnel Procurement / CO, WAC Detachment (MISLS yearbook)
+MISLS_WAC_first_twelve_MISLS_steps.jpg|First WACs to MISLS with Capt. Nestor (yearbook caption)
+MISLS_WAC_grads_bus_to_Camp_Ritchie.jpg|WAC MIS grads leaving for Camp Ritchie, Maryland (yearbook caption)
+MISLS_WAC_first_group_Japan_ATC.jpg|First MISLS WACs ready for Trans-Pacific flight to Japan (yearbook caption)
+MISLS_WAC_yearbook_page90.jpg|Full yearbook page 90
+MISLS_WAC_yearbook_page91.jpg|Full yearbook page 91 (21 transferred to Camp Ritchie)
+</gallery>
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 == Sources ==
+* [https://www.fold3.com/image/704852256 Fold3 — MISLS WAC yearbook page 91] / [[:File:MISLS_WAC_yearbook_page91.jpg|page scan]] (21 graduates to Camp Ritchie, Nov 1945; remaining Feb 1946)
+* [https://www.fold3.com/image/704852335 Fold3 — MISLS WAC yearbook page 90] / [[:File:MISLS_WAC_yearbook_page90.jpg|page scan]]
 * [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)