Mark Harmon Writes Book Based On How Real NCIS Agency Came To Be; Will Debut In November

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Mark Harmon might have departed NCIS on camera, but he is still inspired by the agency every day.

So much in fact that he wrote a book about how the agency came to be! Mark teamed up with Leon Carroll, Jr., who was a real NCIS agent, and together they wrote a nonfiction book about how the agency was formed. Keep reading to find out more… According to publisher Harper Select, the book, titled “Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor” will be released in November, and focuses on a case that was handled by the ONI, Office of Naval Intelligence.

Here’s the summary from the publisher: “Scrutinizing long-buried historical documents, co-authors Harmon and Carroll Jr. have brought forth a true-life NCIS operation that depicts the incredible high-stakes game of naval intelligence encompassing cultural complexities, life-threatening dangers, and unrelenting patriotism in this riveting historical narrative about the defining moment of a generation.” “The book tells the story of Douglas Wada, the only Japanese American agent in naval intelligence, and Takeo Yoshikawa, a Japanese spy sent to Pearl Harbor to gather information on the US fleet.

In his native Honolulu, Wada’s poses undercover as a newspaper reporter, translates wiretaps on the Japanese Consulate, and interrogates America’s first captured POW of World War II.