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DESCRIPTION:<strong>Winning the Peace </strong>\n<strong>An exhibition hon
 oring the Japanese American linguists who helped win \nWorld War II and r
 ebuild Japan</strong>\n<strong></strong>\n<strong>"Winning the Peace" is p
 resented by the Japanese American Service Committee\; Chicago Nisei Post N
 o. 1183\, American Legion\; Japanese American Citizens League\, Chicago Ch
 apter\; 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.</st
 rong>\n<strong></strong>\n<strong>Featuring "Prejudice and Patriotism\," 
 \na traveling exhibition from the National Japanese American Historical So
 ciety\, Inc.\, San Francisco</strong>\n<strong></strong>\n<strong>Tuesdays
  through Fridays\, \nMay 4 through June 30\, 2010</strong> \n<strong><em
 >Please call for exhibit hours.</em>\nJapanese American Service Committee\
 n4427 N. Clark Street\nChicago\, IL 60640</strong>\n<strong></strong>\n<st
 rong>Opening Reception</strong> \nPlease join us at the <strong>JASC (44
 27 N. Clark Street) on \nFriday\, May 7\, 2010\, 7pm\,</strong> to celeb
 rate the grand opening of "Winning the Peace." Light refreshments will be 
 served. Off-street parking will be available in the Stockton School playgr
 ound. For further information\, please call 773.275.0097\, ext. 222\, or e
 -mail<a target="_blank">legacy@jasc-chicago.org</a>.\n\n"Winning the Peace
 " tells the little-known story of the Japanese-language specialists of the
  Military Intelligence Service (MIS) and their contributions in the Asiati
 c-Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II and in the Occupation 
 of Japan. Mainly Japanese Americans\, MIS soldiers were front-line interro
 gators and translators in wartime\, and linked the Occupation forces and t
 he Japanese people in the postwar period.\n\n"Winning the Peace" features 
 a traveling exhibit that is on loan from the National Japanese American Hi
 storical Society of San Francisco\, as well as the personal stories of Chi
 cago-area MIS veterans\, told through text\, images\, artifacts\, and vide
 o clips. "Winning the Peace" will be open to the public -without charge- f
 rom\n\nMay 4 through June 30 at the \n<strong>Japanese American Service C
 ommittee\, 4427 N. Clark Street\, Chicago.</strong>\nFor further informati
 on and for viewing dates and times\, \nplease call 773.275.0097\, ext. 22
 2\; \ne-mail <a target="_blank">legacy@jasc-chicago.org</a>\; \nor visi
 t <a href="http://www.jasc-chicago.org/mis" target="_blank">www.jasc-chic
 ago.org/mis</a>.
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SUMMARY:Winning the Peace
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