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I'm going to talk about all three of those.

And how they played a critical role in American involvement in the war.

Also, I just wanted to note that today's show is really about men,

but there were also Japanese American women who served in World War II,

including in the Army Nurse Corps and the Women's Army Corps.

Those began accepting Japanese women in February and November of 1943, respectively.

So we're going to start with the military intelligence service.

Although the United States initially tried to avoid becoming involved in World War II,

by 1940 it seemed increasingly likely that a war with Japan was coming.

The American military had a clear need for military personnel who were fluent in Japanese,

and such service members were in really short supply.

Japanese Americans participated in the US Armed Forces,

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