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Secret Japanese-American Mission From a news story by CNN San Francisco Reporter Rusty Dornin June 25, 2001

I. After Pearl Harbor was bombed, Japanese-Americans were despised.

A. Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.
B. The U.S. asked Japanese-Americans to become soldiers.
C. Gene and Marvin Uratsu were Japanese-Americans.
D. They joined the U.S. Military Intelligence to fight the Japanese.

II. The MIS was a secret group who fought the Japanese.

A. The Japanese-American MIS did many things to help the war effort.
B. MIS translated documents and maps.
C. They interrogated Japanese prisoners of war.
D. Also, the MIS translated Japanese diaries

III. The MIS tried many ways to get info from the Japanese.

A. Sometime they used a method called "cave flushing."
B. "Cave flushing," meant coaxing soldiers out of caves.
C. Some of the Japanese soldiers were afraid to leave the caves.
D. Other scared Japanese soldiers jumped to their deaths.

IV. Life for Japanese-Americans on the home front was hard.

A. Most Japanese-American civilians had to leave their homes.
B. They were relocated to camps.
C. Mrs. Uratsu had three sons in the U.S. Army.
D. She was sad because she was put behind barbed wire.

V. Recognition finally comes for these brave Japanese-American MIS.

A. Last year many of the MIS received a presidential citation.
B. Also, Gayle Yamada made a documentary about these MIS.
C. His film is called, "Uncommon Courage."
D. The film recounts the war efforts of these men.

VI. Sixty years have passed since the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

A. The Uratsus hope this anniversary won’t bring back hatred.
B. Marvin Uratsu doesn’t want the movie, "Pearl Harbor, " to cause racism.
C. Seeds of racism could cause hard feelings.

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