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A Spy in Their Midst: The World War II Struggle of a Japanese-American Hero Hardcover - 1995
by Richard Sakakida,Wayne S. Kiyosaki
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- Title A Spy in Their Midst: The World War II Struggle of a Japanese-American Hero
- Author Richard Sakakida,Wayne S. Kiyosaki
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 200
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Madison Books, Lanham, MD
- Date July 1995
- Features Dust Cover
- Bookseller's Inventory # 157313
- ISBN 9781568330440 / 1568330448
- Weight 1.12 lbs (0.51 kg)
- Dimensions 9.27 x 6.26 x 0.93 in (23.55 x 15.90 x 2.36 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Library of Congress subjects Prisoners of war - United States, World War, 1939-1945 - Prisoners and
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94-46954
- Dewey Decimal Code 940.540
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From the rear cover
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.