Wednesday, June 8, 2022

The MISLS Chinese Language Division























In 2020, the Chinese American World War II Veterans Recognition Project published National Recognition for Commendable Patriotism and Honor: The Chinese American Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Recipients in two volumes. Page 240 of volume one featured the 1945 graduating class of the Military Intelligence Service Language School’s Chinese Division at Fort Snelling, Minnesota.

“They sent me to Fort Snelling to learn Japanese but when classes started it wasn’t Japanese. They taught us Mandarin instead. So they gave us a crash course in Mandarin because obviously they needed some Chinese speaking and Mandarin translating. So that’s how I happen to be at Fort Snelling.” — Larry Lew at the 10:34 mark in “Crossing Oceans in Service to Country”




















Ernest Kwok Hing Eng, Commanding Officer
Frank Wen-Han Chen, Instructor
Yuk Ow, Instructor

  1. Edward Chew
  2. Wellington Lum Chew (volume 1, page 68)
  3. Henry Sau Chin
  4. “William” Pung Wing Chin
  5. Howard Yen Chinn
  6. Yee Chow aka Elston Young
  7. “Norton” Nook Yuen Chu
  8. Walther Chung
  9. Eddie Eng
10. Stanley Eng
11. Hoo Wah Gong
12. Wong Wah Guey
13. Tim George Jang
14. Larry Jew
15. Arthur Lee
16. Bing Lee
17. Jen Pak Lee
18. “William” Wei Yuen Lee
19. Kip Lew
20. Lawrence “Larry” Lew
21. “Sherman” Share Lew
22. James Lum (volume 1, page 249)
23. Wing Art Ng [draft card said Ng Wing Art]
24. “Wallace” Wah Fat Ng
25. Fong Pun Ning
26. Herbert Offen (Caucasian)
27. Walter Pang
28. Bing SooHoo
29. George Wong
30. Gin D. Wong
31. Kim Yoke Wong
32. Quon Wong
33. Richard Shang Wong [Shew “Richard” Shang Wong
34. “Robert” Kan Wong [enlisted as Wong Y. Kan; naturalized as Robert King Wong]
35. Sang Wong
36. “Harry” Shek Pang [Pong] Wong
37. Tom Wong
38. Wah F. Wong
39. Benjamin Wu
40. Hing Get Yee
41. Kenneth Foo Yee
42. Ngin Yuen Yee
43. “Edmund” Tung Kwun Yee
44. Quan Hong Yuen

Not pictured in class photograph
  1. Henry Hin Soon
  2. H. Yee



















The MISLS Album, page 130, listed two Chinese language class sections. 

Ch-1
  1. Chew, E. [Edward Chew]
  2. Chinn, H. [Howard Yen Chinn]
  3. Chow, Y. [Yee Chow aka Elston Young]
  4. Chu, N. [“Norton” Nook Yuen Chu]
  5. Eng, E. [Eddie Eng]
  6. Gong, H. [Hoo Wah Gong]
  7. Jew, L. [Larry Jew]
  8. Kan, W. [enlisted as Wong Y. Kan; naturalized as Robert King Wong]
  9. Lee, A. [Arthur Lee]
10. Lee, B. [Bing Lee]
11. Lee, J. [Jen Pak Lee]
12. Lee, W. [“William” Wei Yuen Lee]
13. Lew, L. [Larry Lew]
14. Ng, W. [“Wallace” Wah Fat Ng]
15. Ning, F. [Fong Pun Ning]
17. Wong, G. [George Wong]
18. Wong, G. [Gin D. Wong]
19. Wong, K. [Kim Yoke Wong]
20. Wong, S. [Sang Wong]
21. Wong, S. [“Harry” Shek Pang Wong]
22. Wong, T. [Tom Wong]
23. Yee, H. [not in class photograph]
24. Yee, K. [Kenneth Foo Yee]
25. Yee, N. [Ngin Yuen Yee]
26. Yee, T. [“Edmund” Tung Kwun Yee]
27. Yuen, Q. [Quan Hong Yuen]

Ch-2
  1. Get, Y. [draft card said Yee Hing Get; Hing Get Yee]
  2. Jang, T. [Tim George Jang]
  3. Lew, K. [Kip Lew]
  4. Lum, J. [James Lum]
  5. Offen, H. [Herbert Offen]
  6. Pang, W. [Walter Pang]
  7. Soo Hoo, B. [Bing Soo Hoo]
  8. Soon, H. [Henry Hin Soon; not in class photograph]

Students not listed The MISLS Album and presumably part of Ch-2
  1. Wellington Lum Chew
  2. Henry Sau Chin
  3. “William” Pung Wing Chin
  4. Walther Chung
  5. Stanley Eng
  6. Wong Wah Guey
  7. “Sherman” Share Lew
  8. Wing Art Ng [draft card said Ng Wing Art]
  9. Quon Wong
10. Wah F. Wong
11. Benjamin Wu


Further Viewing
Crossing Oceans in Service to Country” by Vivian Low, daughter of Robert Kan Wong
Interviews with Larry Jew, Larry Lew and George S. Wong