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"Prejudice and Patriotism: The Story of Japanese American Military Intelligence Service"
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"Uncommon
Courage:
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Liberties"
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"Fifty Years of Silence: The Untold Story of Japanese American Soldiers in the Pacific Theater, 1941-52" produced by Sheryl Narahara
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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.

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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

 “A More Perfect Union - Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution”
Smithsonian National Museum of American History

 “MacArthur” - The American Experience, PBS Online/WGBH
 "Face to Face: Stories from the Aftermath of Infamy"

Japanese American Veterans Organizations

 Go For Broke Educational Foundation

 Japanese American Veterans' Association
 Japanese American War Veterans
Merrill's Marauders

Japanese American/Asian American Organizations

 National Japanese American Historical Society

Smithsonian Institution Asian Pacific American Program
 Japanese American Citizens League
 National Japanese American Memorial Foundation
Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project

Historical Organizations

 Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation

 Presidio of San Francisco History

Museums and Archives

 Japanese American Documentary Collection, National Musuem of American History

 Japanese American Digital Archive
Japanese American National Museum
National Archives and Records Administration
Library of Congress
The Wing Luke Museum

 

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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, 19xx

“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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