Tag: translation

A Letter from “Somewhere in Burma,” June 1944

by US National Archives, posted in Military Records, World War II

Today’s post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher. T/Sgt. Edward Mitsukado, a Nisei interpreter with the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), code-named Galahad and usually referred to as Merrill’s Marauders (named after Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill, its commander) “Somewhere in Burma” in mid-June 1944 decided to write a letter to the Commandant of the Military Intelligence Service … Continue reading A Letter from “Somewhere in Burma,” June 1944

From Rabaul to Stack 190: The Travels of a Famous Japanese Army Publication

by US National Archives, posted in Military Records, Records Reference and Research, World War II

Today's post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher. During the first days of August 2012, at the National Archive in College Park, MD (Archives II), I looked at three archival boxes that were labeled as Captured Korean Documents.  They were Japanese documents, bound together in small groups of pages by the Allied Translator and Interrogator … Continue reading From Rabaul to Stack 190: The Travels of a Famous Japanese Army Publication