Roger Pineau Papers 1921-1993

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Roger Pineau Papers 1921-1993

Papers relate to the history of the teaching of Japanese in the U.S. Navy and particularly the Japanese Language School at the University of Colorado at Boulder, from 1941 to 1945. Included is correspondence and photographs from former students called JLO’s, instruction materials, as well as research information gathered by Pineau to write a history of Japanese instruction in the U.S. Navy.

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Roger Pineau

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Capt. Roger Pineau was a Chicago, Illinois, native, born there on November 17, 1916. In 1942 after graduating from the University of Michigan with a BA, Pineau 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 after arriving at the university, Pineau was sworn ...

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....