IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1387 
Recognizing the heroic contributions of Japanese-Americans who served in 
the Military Intelligence Service during and after World War II. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 24, 2010 
Mr. FARR (for himself, Mr. HONDA, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, 
Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. WATSON, Mr. THOMPSON of Mis-
sissippi, Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland, Ms. CHU, Ms. HARMAN, Ms. MAT-
SUI, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. STARK, Mr. FILNER, Ms. GIF-
FORDS, Mr. CARTER, Mr. UPTON, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. GALLEGLY, 
Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. COLE, 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, Mr. 
KUCINICH, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of Cali-
fornia, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. PETERSON, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. REYES, Mr. 
GARAMENDI, Mr. COSTA, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. HOLT, Mr. SHERMAN, and 
Mr. MCDERMOTT) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Armed Services 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the heroic contributions of Japanese-Americans 
who served in the Military Intelligence Service during 
and after World War II. 
Whereas the approximately 6,000 troops, mostly second gen-
eration Japanese-Americans (Nisei), volunteered for the 
Military Intelligence Service (M.I.S.) to learn the Japa-
nese language and use their knowledge of Japanese cul-
ture in order to help the United States win the war in 
the Pacific; 
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Whereas the Nisei volunteering for this service became the 
nucleus of the Military Intelligence School established on 
November 1, 1941, with 4 Nisei as the instructors and 
58 Nisei among the 60 students; 
Whereas the Military Intelligence School later came to be 
known as the Defense Language Institute Foreign Lan-
guage Center, located in Monterey, California; 
Whereas in 1969, the Defense Language Institute Foreign 
Language Center dedicated Nisei Hall and several build-
ings in honor of the outstanding Japanese-Americans 
who served in the M.I.S.; 
Whereas many of these founding members who volunteered 
for the M.I.S. had been incarcerated, along with their 
families, in one of 10 ‘‘camps’’; 
Whereas this duty was determined so essential to the war ef-
fort that the M.I.S. agents served in all units of the 
United States Army, Navy, and Marines stationed in the 
Pacific, participated in all theaters of the Pacific War, 
and were embedded with other Allied Forces fighting in 
the Pacific; 
Whereas members of the M.I.S. served with distinction by 
translating acquired Japanese plans, personal interpreta-
tion, POW interrogation, monitoring Japanese radio 
broadcasts, intercepting enemy radio messages, and pre-
paring surrender leaflets, while requiring body guards to 
avoid mistaken identity by their fellow soldiers; 
Whereas the greatest contributions of M.I.S. agents, among 
many, included the discovery of ‘‘Operation Z’’, a plan to 
conduct an all-out counterattack by the Japanese Com-
bined Fleet in the Central Pacific that allowed the United 
States Navy to defend against and weaken the Japanese 
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military, and the discovery of the plane that Admiral 
Isoroku Yamamoto arrived in to visit front line troops, 
thereby allowing the Allies to intercept and destroy the 
leader who orchestrated Pearl Harbor; 
Whereas these M.I.S. linguists were instrumental in the occu-
pation and rebuilding of Japan, cultivating cooperation 
between the occupational forces and the Japanese people 
as cultural ambassadors, helping to draft the new Japa-
nese Constitution, and building the foundation of current 
United States relations with Japan; and 
Whereas M.I.S. agents were heralded by President Harry S 
Truman as the ‘‘human secret weapon for the U.S. 
Armed Forces’’ against the Japanese in the Pacific and 
by Major General Charles A. Willoughby, MacArthur’s 
intelligence chief, who said, ‘‘The Nisei shortened the Pa-
cific War by two years and saved possibly a million 
American lives and saved probably billions of dollars’’, 
yet, due to the national security implications, they only 
received recognition for their valor, a Presidential Unit 
Citation, the highest honor given to a United States mili-
tary unit, in 2000: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) expresses its deepest gratitude to the brave 
Japanese-Americans who constituted the Military In-
telligence Service and the invaluable contribution 
they provided during and after World War II; and 
(2) recognizes and appreciates the hardships 
that the Nisei experienced while serving the United 
States with honor and distinction. 
Æ 
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