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Wainwright was the highest-ranking American POW, and, despite his rank, his treatment at the hands of the Japanese was no less unpleasant than that of most of his men. When he met General MacArthur in August 1945 shortly after his liberation, he had become thin and malnourished from three years of mistreatment during captivity.
Japanese POWs generally adjusted to life in prison camps and few attempted to escape. [67] There were several incidents at POW camps, however. On 25 February 1943, POWs at the Featherston prisoner of war camp in New Zealand staged a strike after being ordered to work. The protest turned violent when the camp's deputy commander shot one of the ...
Kazuo Sakamaki (酒巻和男, Sakamaki Kazuo, November 8, 1918 – November 29, 1999) was a Japanese naval officer who became the first prisoner of war of World War II to be captured by U.S. forces. Early life and education
By the 1930s Japanese nationalism turned the country much more xenophobic; the Western origin of the laws such as the stipulation of the Geneva Convention made them unpopular (after the war, many Japanese accused of crimes against POWs, including mid-ranking soldiers, claimed they had never even heard of the convention [6]: 24 ), [2] the ...
Highest-ranked American POW in the European Theater during WWII; Laurens van der Post – South African writer and war hero, captured by Japanese forces in 1942; Bram van der Stok – Dutch pilot of No. 41 Squadron RAF. Escapee #18 of the "Great Escape" from Stalag Luft III, successfully crossed Europe with help from the French Resistance to ...
Hitoshi Hamada: Deputy Chief Supervisor of Allied Prisoner of War Information Bureau; Army Commanders of Military Prisons and POW Camps in occupied territories. Lieutenant-General Igatu: General Officer Commanding Prisoner of War Camps Philippines; Shinpei Fukei: Commandant Prisoner of War Camps, Singapore
Those movies also popularized the concept of prisoner-of-war escapes, creating a misleading impression that this was a relatively common occurrence. [1]: 2, 145 The harsh treatment of Allied POWs by Japan became infamous in the West and remains widely known; it is however still mostly ignored or glossed over in Japan.
Prisoner of War Medal Joe Lee Kieyoomia (November 21, 1919 – February 17, 1997) was a Navajo soldier in New Mexico 's 200th Coast Artillery unit who was captured by the Imperial Japanese Army after the fall of the Philippines in 1942 during World War II .