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Short segments of the interviews are organized by topic in more or less chronological fashion, with the occasional insertion of still photographs from the period. Segments include the reaction to the attack on Pearl Harbor, the arrest of\n  \n   Issei\n  \n  leaders,\n  \n   Executive Order 9066\n  \n  and its aftermath, early recruits to the\n  \n   Military Intelligence Service\n  \n  (MIS), the formation of the\n  \n   442nd\n  \n  and the\n  \n   loyalty questionnaire\n  \n  episode of early 1943, the battlefield experiences of the MIS in the Pacific and the 442nd in Europe, and the role of the MIS in occupation Japan. The film ends with a brief summary of each man's life after the war. One unusual element in the inclusion of Takeshi \"Gish\" Endo's story of being recruited out of\n  \n   Heart Mountain\n  \n  by the British Political Warfare Mission, and doing translation and Japanese broadcasting work out of Denver.","url_title":"Legacy of the Nisei Veterans: WWII Stories of the 100th/442nd and Military Intelligence Service (film)","categories":["Arts"],"rg_rgmediatype":["films"],"rg_interestlevel":["Grades 9-12","Adult"],"rg_genre":["Documentary"],"rg_theme":["War – glory, necessity, pain, tragedy","Heroism - real and perceived","Role of men"],"rg_availability":["Limited availability"],"rg_rgmediatype_label":"Films and Video","rg_rgmediatype_icon":"fa-film"},{"id":"Letters to Eve (play)","model":"article","index":"16 16/{'value': 38, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/Letters%20to%20Eve%20(play)/","json":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/api/3.0/articles/Letters%20to%20Eve%20(play)/"},"title":"Letters to Eve (play)","description":"Musical play that juxtaposes the experiences of a Japanese American family in\n  \n   Manzanar\n  \n  with that of an African American musician and his Jewish girlfriend held in captivity in a Nazi prison camp.","url_title":"Letters to Eve (play)","categories":["Arts"],"rg_rgmediatype":["plays"],"rg_interestlevel":["Grades 9-12","Adult"],"rg_theme":["Expression through art","Facing darkness","Love and sacrifice","War – glory, necessity, pain, tragedy"],"rg_availability":["No availability"],"rg_rgmediatype_label":"Plays","rg_rgmediatype_icon":"fa-ticket"},{"id":"Looking Like the Enemy (film)","model":"article","index":"17 17/{'value': 38, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/Looking%20Like%20the%20Enemy%20(film)/","json":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/api/3.0/articles/Looking%20Like%20the%20Enemy%20(film)/"},"title":"Looking Like the Enemy (film)","description":"Documentary film on the unique experiences of Japanese American soldiers in Asian wars: World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. 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