The S-20 Group

Approximately 70 other nisei volunteers were assigned to the S-20 group, as their work included attending the S-20 Japanese language school in Vancouver. The full name of the school was Canadian Army Japanese Language School, Pacific Command. Five nisei served in the S-20 after internment in the Petawawa and Angler POW camps (Okazaki, 1996 and Ito, 1984, corroborated with listings in Landscapes of Injustice database). These included Kazuo Kato, George Yoshio Masuda, Greg Ohashi, Mickey Nobuto, and Saichi Imai.  Some of the nisei recruited for the S-20 became prominent community leaders who continued for years to advocate for the rights of Japanese Canadians.