Winning the Peace
May 20104 | — | Jun 201030 |
JASC
4427 N Clark
Chicago, Illinois
United States
Winning the Peace
An exhibition honoring the Japanese American linguists who helped win
World War II and rebuild Japan
"Winning the Peace" is presented by the Japanese American Service Committee; Chicago Nisei Post No. 1183, American Legion; Japanese American Citizens League, Chicago Chapter; Chicago Japanese American Historical Society; Japanese Mutual Aid Society of Chicago, Tom T. Arai Bequest; and National Japanese American Historical Society, Inc. Major funding was provided through a grant from the National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior.
Featuring "Prejudice and Patriotism,"
a traveling exhibition from the National Japanese American Historical Society, Inc., San Francisco
Tuesdays through Fridays,
May 4 through June 30, 2010
Please call for exhibit hours.
Japanese American Service Committee
4427 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Reception
Please join us at the JASC (4427 N. Clark Street) on
Friday, May 7, 2010, 7pm, to celebrate the grand opening of "Winning the Peace." Light refreshments will be served. Off-street parking will be available in the Stockton School playground. For further information, please call 773.275.0097, ext. 222, or e-maillegacy@jasc-chicago.org.
"Winning the Peace" tells the little-known story of the Japanese-language specialists of the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) and their contributions in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II and in the Occupation of Japan. Mainly Japanese Americans, MIS soldiers were front-line interrogators and translators in wartime, and linked the Occupation forces and the Japanese people in the postwar period.
"Winning the Peace" features a traveling exhibit that is on loan from the National Japanese American Historical Society of San Francisco, as well as the personal stories of Chicago-area MIS veterans, told through text, images, artifacts, and video clips. "Winning the Peace" will be open to the public -without charge- from
May 4 through June 30 at the
Japanese American Service Committee, 4427 N. Clark Street, Chicago.
For further information and for viewing dates and times,
please call 773.275.0097, ext. 222;
e-mail legacy@jasc-chicago.org;
or visit www.jasc-chicago.org/mis.
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