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At random: The first Japanese prisoner of war captured by the Americans was Kazuo Sakamaki, an ensign in the Imperial Japanese Navy. He was captured on the morning of December 7, 1941. Sakamaki had set an explosive charge to destroy his disabled submarine, which had been trapped on Waimanalo Beach. When the explosives failed to go off, he swam to the bottom of the submarine to investigate the cause of the failure and became unconscious due to a lack of oxygen. Sakamaki was found by a Hawaiian soldier, David Akui, and was taken into military custody. When he awoke, he found himself in a hospital under American armed guard. After the war he returned to Japan and found work with the Toyota Motor Corporation before retiring in 1987. Sakamaki died on November 29, 1999, aged 81.

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Dave Follo

Posted 2011-03-14 7:46 PM (#46040)

Crew

Posts: 50

Subject: Eternal Patrol Report

The past few weeks Iv'e been trying to gather information to submit to Charles Hinman of Bowfin Museum and who did the r & d for the "On Eternal Patrol" web page, about the RMC(SS) who was killed on USS Bugara (SS-331) in the summer of 1956 while underway between San Diego and San Francisco. The only other person I have been able to contact who remenbers the incident was the former CO at the time who remembers the same details as I do. He's not sure and I'm fairly certain the Chiefs name was Rosecrans.

Does anyone know where/who to contact with such scant information?

DBF

PatH

Posted 2011-03-14 8:01 PM (#46041 - in reply to #46040)

Great Sage of the Sea

Posts: 618

Location: Issaquah WA, USA

Subject: RE: Eternal Patrol Report

Dave, if you have not already done so, go to http://www.decklog.com/ss-331.asp and click the CREW LIST button. Click the Member Login button (use your ussvi code) then click custom search. Click on the box for 1956, then submit search. It will return the names and contact info for twelve men who were aboard at that time. Maybe there is someone on that list you have not tried yet. Good Luck!

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