Sakakida, Richard
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Name (Latin)
Sakakida, Richard
Date of birth
1920-11-19
Date of death
1996-01-23
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- A spy in their midst, c1995:prelim. p. (Richard Sakakida; U.S. undercover agent in Philippines who was eventually captured by the Japanese in the Philipines)
Wikipedia description:
Richard Motoso Sakakida (Japanese: 榊田 元宗, November 19, 1920 – January 23, 1996) was a United States Army intelligence agent stationed in the Philippines at the outbreak of World War II. He was captured and tortured for months after the fall of the country to Imperial Japan, but managed to convince the Japanese that he was a civilian and was released. Employed by the Japanese Fourteenth Army (though still under suspicion), he gathered and passed along valuable information to the Philippine resistance. He also planned and participated in the mass escape of about 500 Filipino prisoners.
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