Kazuo Sakamaki | |
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Born | Awa, Tokushima, Japan | November 8, 1918
Died | November 29, 1999 Toyota, Aichi, Japan | (aged 81)
Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
Service | Imperial Japanese Navy |
Years of service | 1940–1945 |
Rank | Ensign |
Commands | HA. 19 midget submarine |
Battles / wars |
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.