Aiso, John Fujio

Japanese: アイソ（英語表記）Aiso, John Fujio

1909-1987 An officer in the American GHQ Civil Intelligence Agency.
Born December 14, 1909. A second generation Japanese-American. During World War II, he became head of the Language School Training Department of the Army Intelligence Service. After the war, he was in charge of the purge of public officials at GHQ, but resigned in opposition to the blanket purge of business leaders. He later became the first Japanese-American judge in California. He passed away on December 29, 1987. He was 78 years old. He was from California and graduated from Brown University. His Japanese name was Fujio Aiso.

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Japanese:

1909－1987　アメリカのGHQ民間諜報局員。
1909年12月14日生まれ。日系二世の子。第二次大戦中陸軍情報部語学学校訓練部長となる。戦後,GHQで公職追放を担当,財界人の一律追放に反対,辞任する。のち日系人初のカリフォルニア州判事。1987年12月29日死去。78歳。カリフォルニア州出身。ブラウン大卒。日本名は相磯藤雄。

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