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"How to speak Japanese"

Discussion in 'War in the Pacific' started by OpanaPointer, Dec 26, 2024.

  1. OpanaPointer

    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    I tried to picture some of my swamp cajun relatives trying to speak Japanese. Good thing my heart is healthy. roflmao
     
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    Some Marine Scout-Snipers were taught some Japanese so that they may interrogate their prisoners.

    It all depends on when and where they were trained. Improvised schools probably did not include language instruction. Stateside schools had the time and opportunity and instructors. My speculation is that any Nisei in the Pacific were probably too busy working for intelligence to give language instruction.
     
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    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    That's what the book in the first post was supposed to help with.
     
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    Just sharing the target audience of the book.

    I like the GI Reader better. It's more my at reading level.
     
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    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    I was just amplifying your point for lurkers.
     

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