Robert Kimura oral history interview, part 4 of 8, April 24, 1999

While at the Topaz Concentration Camp, Kimura would see Army recruiting teams, looking for Japanese speakers to join the Military Intelligence Service (MIS). He would volunteer and pass the tests, giving him a sense of patriotism and a reason to get out of the camps. He would head to Camp Savage to begin his language courses, studying all day long. They would all learn the Japanese language, along with interrogation techniques and obtaining tactical value. He would graduate from the training program and then head back to Fort Snelling for a short time, and then to Camp Shelby for a crash course in basic training.

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