OFFICIAL INTERPRETER
JAPS IN U.S. ARMY. United Press Assn —By Electric Telegraph—Co pyright. (Special Australian Correspon dent.) SYDNEY, Dec. 27. A strong United States bodyguard protects one apparent Japanese at Buna—in case any American or Australian soldier should make an embarrassing mistake. The closely guarded personage is the 26-vear-old Sergeant Fred Niski Tsuji, former Los Angeles liquor salesman, now interpreter on General MacArthur’s staff. With no clos© relatives in Japan, Nishi Tsuji is a true American, born on his father’s Colorado farm. He enlisted in the United States Army in July, 1941, and was given special training as an interpreter He has been in New Guinea since last September.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLXI, Issue 15236, 29 December 1942, Page 4
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