A Spy in Their Midst : The World War II Struggle of a Japanese-American Hero
Overview
During World War II, while thousands of Japanese-Americans were being sent to U.S. detainment camps, a Japanese-American from Hawaii working as a U.S. Army spy in the Philippines was captured by the enemy. Richard Sakakida was the only Japanese-American prisoner of the Japanese forces, and he faced death as a "traitor" because of his Japanese face. Despite unspeakable torture, Sakakida stubbornly refused to confess that he was an American spy; ironically, his Japanese cultural heritage is what enabled him to survive the beatings inflicted on him by his Japanese captors. Sakakida narrowly escaped a death sentence and was assigned to the office of a Japanese official, where he gained valuable military information for MacArthur and engineered a daring prison break that freed a Filipino guerrilla leader and hundreds of his followers. Fifty years later, Sakakida finally tells his tale of survival and perseverance against incredible odds.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781568330440
- ISBN-10: 1568330448
- Publisher: Madison Books
- Publish Date: July 1995
- Dimensions: 9.27 x 6.26 x 0.93 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.12 pounds
- Page Count: 200
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