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DESCRIPTION:<strong>Winning the Peace&nbsp\;</strong>\n<strong>An exhibitio
 n honoring the Japanese American linguists who helped win&nbsp\;\nWorld Wa
 r II and rebuild Japan</strong>\n<strong></strong>\n<strong>"Winning the P
 eace" is presented by the Japanese American Service Committee\; Chicago Ni
 sei Post No. 1183\, American Legion\; Japanese American Citizens League\, 
 Chicago Chapter\; Chicago Japanese American Historical Society\; Japanese 
 Mutual Aid Society of Chicago\, Tom T. Arai Bequest\; and National Japanes
 e American Historical Society\, Inc. Major funding was provided through a 
 grant from the National Park Service\, United States Department of the Int
 erior.</strong>\n<strong></strong>\n<strong>Featuring "Prejudice and Patri
 otism\,"&nbsp\;\na traveling exhibition from the National Japanese America
 n Historical Society\, Inc.\, San Francisco</strong>\n<strong></strong>\n<
 strong>Tuesdays through Fridays\,&nbsp\;\nMay 4 through June 30\, 2010</st
 rong>&nbsp\;\n<strong><em>Please call for exhibit hours.</em>\nJapanese Am
 erican Service Committee\n4427 N. Clark Street\nChicago\, IL 60640</strong
 >\n<strong></strong>\n<strong>Opening Reception</strong>&nbsp\;\nPlease jo
 in us at the&nbsp\;<strong>JASC (4427 N. Clark Street) on&nbsp\;\nFriday\,
  May 7\, 2010\, 7pm\,</strong>&nbsp\;to celebrate the grand opening of "Wi
 nning the Peace." Light refreshments will be served. Off-street parking wi
 ll be available in the Stockton School playground. For further information
 \, please call 773.275.0097\, ext. 222\, or e-mail<a target="_blank">legac
 y@jasc-chicago.org</a>.\n\n"Winning the Peace" tells the little-known stor
 y of the Japanese-language specialists of the Military Intelligence Servic
 e (MIS) and their contributions in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operatio
 ns during World War II and in the Occupation of Japan. Mainly Japanese Ame
 ricans\, MIS soldiers were front-line interrogators and translators in war
 time\, and linked the Occupation forces and the Japanese people in the pos
 twar period.\n\n"Winning the Peace" features a traveling exhibit that is o
 n loan from the National Japanese American Historical Society of San Franc
 isco\, as well as the personal stories of Chicago-area MIS veterans\, told
  through text\, images\, artifacts\, and video clips. "Winning the Peace" 
 will be open to the public -without charge- from\n\nMay 4 through June 30 
 at the&nbsp\;\n<strong>Japanese American Service Committee\, 4427 N. Clark
  Street\, Chicago.</strong>\nFor further information and for viewing dates
  and times\,&nbsp\;\nplease call 773.275.0097\, ext. 222\;&nbsp\;\ne-mail&
 nbsp\;<a target="_blank">legacy@jasc-chicago.org</a>\;&nbsp\;\nor visit&nb
 sp\;<a href="http://www.jasc-chicago.org/mis" target="_blank">www.jasc-chi
 cago.org/mis</a>.
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SUMMARY:Winning the Peace
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