William J. Hudson Collection 1941-1993

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William J. Hudson Collection 1941-1993

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The papers consist of files assembled by William J. Hudson (1922- ) regarding the US Navy Japanese Language School, located at the University of Colorado in Boulder from 1942-1946, and its WWII graduates. Includes information about the 1976 and 1992 reunions, lists of the graduates organized according to various criteria, and correspondence between Hudson and fellow alumni.

8.5 linear feet, Personal papers

eng,

University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Archives Dept.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6402204

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United States. Navy. Japanese Language School

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Hudson, William J., 1922-

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William J. Hudson was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1922. He was studying languages at Princeton University in 1942 when he was selected to enter the Navy's Japanese Language School (JLS) at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Upon graduating in March of 1944, he was sent briefly to New York and then to Pearl Harbor. There, he was one of eight editors of two Japanese military and technical dictionaries. He also worked with Japanese prisoners of war on Peliliu Island, where he received a batt...

Pineau, Roger, 1916-

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Capt. Roger Pineau (1916-1933) was born in Chicago, Illinois and graduated from the University of Michigan in 1942. He came to the University of Colorado at Boulder to receive training as a U.S. Naval agent in the Japanese Language School. The Japanese Language School was instituted at the University of Colorado in 1941 to train naval intelligence officers for the Pacific war effort. Shortly thereafter, Pineau was sworn in as Yeoman 2nd class U.S.N.R. on August 5, 1942; commissioned as Ensign U....