He was called up to the Army in 1941, spending most of the war as a Japanese translator.
In the Marines he trained as a Japanese translator, and served in Japan during the war.
In July, 1991, his Japanese translator was fatally stabbed at the university near Tokyo where he taught.
V Force was also hampered by lack of Japanese translators or interpreters to deal with captured documents.
And even if she is here mostly to fall in love with the Japanese translator during 2 a.m. language lessons in the china closet.
He joined the army, working in the intelligence corps as a Japanese translator and cryptoanalyst.
Halgeel - at least 20 people died, including Rushdie's Japanese translator, as a result of the affair.
Since retiring from teaching in 1984, he has been serving as a professional Japanese translator as well.
He said the Iranians had been carrying out assassinations, including that of his own Japanese translator.
The big push was for Chinese and Japanese translators.