Shigematsu Sakaibara
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| Shigematsu Sakaibara | |
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| December 28, 1898 – June 18, 1947[1] | |
 Shigematsu Sakaibara (seated third from left) signing the surrender of Wake Island aboard USS LEVY DE 162 — September 4, 1945. |
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| Place of birth | Yamagata Prefecture, Japan |
| Place of death | Guam |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Rank | Rear Admiral |
| Commands | 65th Base Garrison (Wake Island) |
| Battles/wars | World War II oBattle of Wake Island |
Rear Admiral Shigematsu Sakaibara (酒井原 繁松; December 28, 1898 – June 18, 1947) was the Japanese garrison commander on Wake Island during World War II.
Anticipating an American invasion and fearful of a revolt, on October 7, 1943 Sakaibara ordered the execution of 98 American civilians on the island, (who had been captured when the Island surrendered almost two years earlier) claiming they had been in contact with Hawaii by radio.
Sakaibara was promoted to Rear Admiral a year later, on October 15, 1944.
The Japanese garrison on Wake Island surrendered on September 4, 1945. [1]. Sakaibara was convicted of war crimes and hanged on Guam. Until the end, he maintained "I think my trial was entirely unfair and the proceeding unfair, and the sentence too harsh, but I obey with pleasure."
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[edit] Books
- Devereaux, Colonel James P.S., USMC (1947). The Story of Wake Island. The Battery Press. ISBN 0-89839-264-0.
- Fuller, Richard (1992). Shokan: Hirohito's Samurai. London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 1854091514.
- Sloan, Bill. Given up for Dead: America's Heroic Stand at Wake Island. Bantam Books, 2003. ISBN 0-553-80302-6
- Uwrin, Gregory J.W. (1997). Facing Fearful Odds: The Siege of Wake Island. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-9562-6.
[edit] Web
- Nishida, Hiroshi. Imperial Japanese Navy. Retrieved on 2007-02-25.
- Career timeline
- The Defense of Wake
- A Magnificent Fight: Marines in the Battle for Wake Island
- Part Three: The Defense of Wake
- Wake Island Civilian Survivors Association
- Wake Island (1942) at the Internet Movie Database
- Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific (2003) at the Internet Movie Database
- Spennemann, Dirk H.R. (2000-2005). To Hell and Back: Wake During and After World War II (English). Digital Micronesia. Charles Sturt University. Retrieved on January 23, 2007.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Nishida, Imperial Japanese Navy.
