What camp, started by the United States War Department was used as a military training facility and a detention for American citizens of Japanese descent located in New York?
Camp Upton Camp Upton was an installation of the United States Army during World War I. During World War II it was used to incarcerate American citizens of Japanese descent. It was located in Yaphank on Long Island in Suffolk County, New York. It was located near Camp Mills.
Military Intelligence Service (United States) The Military Intelligence Service (Japanese: 陸軍情報部 ) was a World War II U.S. military unit consisting of two branches, the Japanese American Unit described here and the German-Austrian Unit based at Camp Ritchie, described partly in Ritchie Boys. The unit described here was primarily composed of Nisei (second-generation Japanese Americans) who were trained as linguists. Graduates of the MIS language school (MISLS) were attached to other military units to provide translation, interpretation, and interrogation services.