Frank Fujita | |
|---|---|
 Frank Fujita as a sergeant | |
| Nickname(s) | Foo |
| Born | October 20, 1921 Lawton, Oklahoma |
| Died | December 11, 1996 (aged 75) Abilene, Texas |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance |  United States of America |
| Service/ |  United States Army |
| Rank | Sergeant |
| Battles/wars | Second World War |
| Other work | Author |
Frank Fujita (October 20, 1921 – December 11, 1996) was a Japanese American soldier of the US Army who, during his service in World War II became one of only two Japanese American combat personnel (the other being Richard Sakakida[1]) to be captured by the Japanese.[2] Part of the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery of the 36th Infantry Division (which was later known as the "Lost Battalion"), Texas National Guard, he was captured during the Battle of Java when the Dutch surrendered.
A prisoner held in Japan for three and a half years, Fujita later published a memoir of his experience, Foo: A Japanese-American Prisoner of the Rising Sun.[3] His work, along with those of John David Provoo and W. F. Matthews, fellow "Lost Battalion" prisoners of war, has served as a useful historical reference for the experience of American prisoners of war held in Japan.[4]
- ^ "Congressional Record, Volume 140 Issue 122 (Tuesday, August 23, 1994)". www.govinfo.gov. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
- ^ Buenger, p. 107-108.
- Prisoners of the Japanese: POWs of World War II in the Pacific, Volume 1994, Part 2, Pennsylvania State University, 1994. p. 34, 314.
- Horne, p. 1-409.
- Kiyosaki, p. 12. - ^ Fujita, p. 1-3.
- ^ Military history of the West, volume 31, issue 2, University of North Texas, p. 172.
- Monday, p. 9.