Story by Lori Stewart | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 08.14.2023
On 17 August 1945, Office of Strategic Services personnel conducted Operation MAGPIE to rescue Allied military and civilian personnel in a Japanese prisoner camp in China. One of several such mercy missions, MAGPIE’s success hinged on Japanese American interpreter/translator Sgt. Dick Hamada to notify the Japanese guards of their country’s surrender days earlier....
