Description: ORIGINAL! RARE! U.S. ARMY MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE (MIS) JAPANESE AMERICAN PHOTO 1944 U.S. ARMY MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE (MIS) JAPANESE AMERICAN PHOTO with HOLDER 1944 DURING WORLD WAR TWO A HANDSOME YOUNG U.S. ARMY MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE (MIS) JAPANESE AMERICAN TECH-CORPORAL POSES FOR A PHOTO PORTRAIT AT THE NEW HENNEPIN STUDIO IN MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA WHILE AT FORT SNELLING TRAINING IN THE MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE LANGUAGE SCHOOL (MISLS). The Military Intelligence Service (MIS) was a World War 2 U.S. military unit consisting of two branches one of which was the Japanese American. The unit was primarily composed of Nisei (second-generation Japanese Americans) who were trained as linguists. Graduates of the MIS language school (MISLS) were attached to other military units to provide translation, interpretation, and interrogation services. Fort Snelling is an unorganized territory of Hennepin County near the city of Minneapolis in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is named after historic Fort Snelling, which is located within its boundaries. It served as an induction point for more than 300,000 men and women who joined the armed forces. The fort also trained specialized units, including the Military Police, Military Railway Service, and Military Intelligence Service Language School. In 1944 the Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS) for Japanese language had outgrown its facilities at Camp Savage and it relocated to Fort Snelling. It had 125 classrooms, 160 instructors, and 3000 students. THE PHOTO STUDIO'S NAME IS PRINTED ON THE LOWER FRONT FLAP OF THE STUDIO PHOTO HOLDER: NEW HENNEPIN STUDIO, MPLS (MINNEAPOLIS MN.)(The New Hennepin studio was located at 6 South 8th St., Minneapolis, MN.) EXTREMELY FINE FOR ITS 80 YEARS WITH SOME VERY LIGHT HANDLING. MEDIUM HEAVY WEIGHT UNCOATED PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER SEPIA SHARP FOCUS AND VERY GOOD CONTRAST PHOTO DIMENSION: 3 7/8" x 5 7/8" PHOTO HOLDER DIMENSION (CLOSED): 4 1/4" x 6 1/4" (please see pictures). THIS IS NOT A REPRODUCTION OR A COPY. PLEASE SEE MY 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND BUY WITH CONFIDENCE.
Price: 550 USD
Location: New York, New York
End Time: 2024-11-26T21:40:35.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.99 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Conflict: WW II (1939-45)
Original/Reproduction: Original
Theme: Militaria
Region of Origin: United States
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
