KIBEI

Camp Savage, Minnesota • June 1, 1942 On this date in 1942 Japanese linguistic classes began at the U.S. Army’s Camp Savage, 15 miles from Minne­ap­olis, Minne­sota, for 200 en­listed men, of whom 193 were Nisei (second-genera­tion U.S. off­spring of Japa­nese immi­grants) and the remainder Cauca­sian. Camp Savage’s 6-month curric­u­lum trained Japa­nese-speaking sol­diers in gath­ering, trans­lating, ana­lyzing,…