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Japanese-American, #OSS & CIA officer, Chiyoki “Chick” Ikeda was known as a talented linguist & true patriot

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Chick was born in Honolulu in 1920 after his parents emigrated from Japan. He was an active member in @nhs_njhs & graduated in 1938.
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1941: Chick started @UHawaiiNews & excelled at engineering & athletics
1943: joined @USArmy
1944: assigned to #OSS
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@UHawaiiNews @USArmy Chick was fluent in Japanese & English, & he had basic proficiency in French & Chinese; making him an attractive recruit for #OSS.
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Chick received #OSS training in radio comms, weapons & agent handling. Then he was sent to India, & later to a unit in China.
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1945: Chick was promoted to captain & served as chief of an #OSS field unit in China. He was awarded a Bronze Star for service there.
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Post-#WWII, Chick served in @USArmy intel, recruiting & handling agents, & helped screen returning Japanese POWs once held by Soviets
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@USArmy To combat Moscow’s efforts to conduct espionage against US interests in postwar Japan, Chick’s program ID’ed many Soviet POW agents.
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Chick’s #WWII #OSS & post-war experience & superb language skills made him ideal for CIA.
1954: He joined CIA's Far East Division.
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During the next six years, Chick became a key player in his division & made many contributions to important operations.
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March 17, 1960: Chick was a passenger on Northwest Airlines Flight 710, when it crashed near Tell City, IN.
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Chick, & his service to our country, is remembered with a star on our CIA Memorial Wall.
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