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Terry Nakanishi | MinneHistory

6th Grade – 8th Grade

9th Grade – 12th Grade

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Learn about Terry Nakanishi, a Japanese American translator during World War II. Nakanishi volunteered to help translate Japanese documents and was part of the only class of women trained to do so at Fort Snelling in Minnesota. Nakanishi and others worked hard in the war effort, even in the face of discrimination against Japanese Americans.