An exhibit highlighting the history and legacy of Japanese language translators during World War II was unveiled by Command Historian Cameron Binkley and Defense Language Institute Commandant Col. Gary Hausman at the Presidio of Monterey’s Aiso Library.Featured in the exhibit is the samurai-style sword of Lt. Col. Richard Sakakida, a Japanese American U.S. Army Counter Intelligence Corps agent who served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Sakakida was fluent in Japanese and his translation skills likely kept him alive despite the mental and physical torture he endured during the war.
