MINNESOTA WWII HISTORY A VITAL INTELLIGENCE OPERATION THAT SAVED LIVES AND HELPED WIN THE WAR Minnesota’s Remarkable Secret SCHOOL for LANGUAGE Learn the unique story of the U.S. Army’s Military Intelligence Service During World War II, nearly 6,000 Japanese American servicemen received intensive and accelerated training in the Japanese military language at the MIS Language School at Minnesota’s Camp Savage and Fort Snelling. MIS soldiers participated in every major campaign in the Pacific. Japanese American Citizens League Twin Cities Chapter Education Committee CURRICULUM AND RESOURCE GUIDE Minnesota and World War II History TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ................................................................................................................................. 4 PREFACE ............................................................................................................................................................. 5 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 6 CURRICULUM OBJECTIVES......................................................................................................................... 7 BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR TEACHERS ................................................................................ 8 UNITED STATES ARMYS MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE TIMELINE ......................................................... 8 LEARNING ACTIVITIES ...............................................................................................................................11 LESSON 1: MIS BACKGROUND AND HISTORY ................................................................................................11 LESSON 2: MIS LANGUAGE SCHOOL TRAINING ............................................................................................11 LESSON 3: JAPANESE LANGUAGE ...................................................................................................................12 LESSON 4: MIS SOLDIERS AS INTERROGATORS ...............................................................................................12 LESSON 5: AREAS WHERE THE MIS SERVED (MAP LESSON) .........................................................................13 ACTIVITY CARD 1 ..........................................................................................................................................14 UNITED STATES ARMY MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE: BACKGROUND AND HISTORY ...........................................................................................................................................................15 MIS VOCABULARY WORDS .......................................................................................................................19 MIS WORD SEARCH ......................................................................................................................................20 ACTIVITY CARD 2 ..........................................................................................................................................21 HARRY T. UMEDA ..........................................................................................................................................22 DRAFT, PEARL HARBOR, AND TRAINING .......................................................................................................22 MIS DUTY ........................................................................................................................................................22 DISCHARGE AND POST DUTY LIFE .................................................................................................................25 TOSHIO WILLIAM ABE ................................................................................................................................26 EARLY MILITARY TRAINING ...........................................................................................................................26 ARRIVAL AT CAMP SAVAGE ...........................................................................................................................27 CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER ....................................................................................................................27 GEORGE SUZUKI ............................................................................................................................................30 DRAFT AND TRAINING ....................................................................................................................................30 FROM INTERNMENT CAMP TO COLLEGE TO U.S. ARMY ................................................................................31 MIS ACTIVE SERVICE ......................................................................................................................................31 EDWIN M. (BUD) NAKASONE ....................................................................................................................32 DUTY IN OCCUPIED JAPAN .............................................................................................................................32 2 | © 2013 Twin Cities Japanese American Citizens League | www.twincitiesjacl.org Military Intelligence Service Curriculum and Resource Guide BILL DOI ............................................................................................................................................................ 34 THOUGHTS ON BEING INCARCERATED .......................................................................................................... 34 FROM INTERNMENT CAMP TO U.S. ARMY ..................................................................................................... 34 TRAINING AT CAMP SAVAGE.......................................................................................................................... 35 CHITO ISONAGA ........................................................................................................................................... 36 CALL TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE WAC ............................................................................................................ 36 TRAINING AT FORT SNELLING ........................................................................................................................ 37 SERVICE IN JAPAN ........................................................................................................................................... 37 ROY H. MATSUMOTO .................................................................................................................................. 38 LEARNING TO READ AND WRITE JAPANESE ..................................................................................... 41 JAPANESE LANGUAGE LESSON ............................................................................................................... 43 SOUND CHANGES AND KANA COMBINATIONS .............................................................................. 44 ACTIVITY CARD #3: READING JAPANESE WORDS BORROWED FROM ENGLISH ................. 45 ANSWER KEY FOR ACTIVITY CARD #3 .................................................................................................. 48 ACTIVITY CARD #4 ........................................................................................................................................ 52 MIS SOLDIERS AS INTERROGATORS .................................................................................................... 53 ACTIVITY CARD #5 ........................................................................................................................................ 55 ANSWERS TO ACTIVITY CARD #5 ........................................................................................................... 58 BIBLIOGRAPHY .............................................................................................................................................. 59 BOOKS .............................................................................................................................................................. 59 WEBSITES ......................................................................................................................................................... 60 VIDEO CASSETTE TAPES/DVDS ...................................................................................................................... 61 TEACHERS GUIDES ......................................................................................................................................... 61 OTHER RESOURCES ......................................................................................................................................... 62 APPENDIX A: CAMP SAVAGE TODAY .................................................................................................... 63 APPENDIX B: AMERICA’S SECRET WARRIORS ................................................................................... 64 © 2013 Twin Cities Japanese American Citizens League | www.twincitiesjacl.org | 3 Minnesota and World War II History ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Twin Cities chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) is deeply grateful to the family of the late Toshio William Abe and to George Suzuki for their generous donations, which enabled this project to be carried out. This Curriculum and Resource Guide was developed by the Twin Cities