Minnesota's Greatest Generation

Edwin Nakasone (rear, second from left) with linguists in Japan

Many of the students who studied at the Military Intelligence Service Language School in Minnesota were destined for duty as translators and interpreters in post-war Japan. This photograph of Edwin Nakasone with his fellow linguists was taken while they were serving in Japan in 1947.

Publisher: Edwin Nakasone, used with permission
Date: 1947

Edwin Nakasone (rear, second from left) with linguists in Japan