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SF Gate has an interesting article today on American-born children of Japanese immigrants and their roles during World War II:

"Secret Revealed: Nisei's WWII Role"

They were enrolled in a secret Japanese language school to train military interrogators and translators.

Though Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor was more than a month away, deteriorating relations between the two countries had prompted the War Department to comb the Army ranks for potential linguists. They were known as nisei, the American-born children of immigrants.

Now, the National Japanese American Historical Society is starting a fundraising campaign to build a museum at the Presidio honoring the nisei linguists -- while the men are still alive. Military historian James McNaughton, who recently published "Nisei Linguists: Japanese Americans in the Military Intelligence Service," will speak Wednesday at the Presidio about the veterans and their story.

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At the end of the article, it states that McNaughton will read from his book Nisei Linguists: Japanese Americans in the Military Intelligence Service during World War II at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday at Crissy Field Center in the Presidio. Veterans will also share their experiences.