Claim: Richard Sakakida was recruited into the U.S. Army in 1941 and was later captured in the Philippines and tortured by the Japanese until he convinced them he was a civilian and secured his release.
Evidence: Richard Motoso Sakakida (November 19, 1920 – January 23, 1996) was a United States Army intelligence agent stationed in the Philippines at the outbreak of World War II. He was recruited into the U.S. Army in March 1941, while America was still a neutral in World War II. The Kempeitai (military police) interrogated and tortured him for two months, but were unable to shake his story that he was a civilian who had worked for the U.S. Army under duress. In December 1944, Sakakida decided that the time had finally come to flee. He hid in the jungle, cut off from any news. The war had been over for weeks when he made contact with Americans soldiers in September 1945.