Kazuo Sakamaki

Kazuo Sakamaki (酒卷和男, Sakamaki Kazuo; 8 ga Nuwamba, 1918 - 29 ga Nuwamba), jami'in sojan ruwa ne na Japan wanda ya zama fursunonin yaki na farko na yakin duniya na biyu da Sojojin Amurka suka kama.

 Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi 
An haifi Sakamaki a cikin abin da ke yanzu wani ɓangare na garin Awa, Tokushima Prefecture, na biyu mafi girma cikin 'ya'ya maza takwas. Ya kammala karatu a aji na 68 na Kwalejin Sojan Ruwa ta Imperial Japan a 1940.

 Harin da aka kai wa Pearl Harbor 
Ensign Sakamaki na ɗaya daga cikin ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa goma (masu aiki biyar da ƙananan jami'ai biyar) da aka zaba don kai hari na Pearl Harbor a cikin jiragen ruwa guda biyar na Ko-hyoteki a ranar 7 ga Disamba 1941. Daga cikin goma, tara sun mutu (ciki har da sauran ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa a cikin jirgin ruwa HA. 19, CWO Kiyoshi Inagaki). An zabi Sakamaki don aikin saboda yawan 'yan uwansa.

jirgin ruwa na Sakamaki ya makale a kan wani kogi a Waimanalo Beach, Oahu, yayin da yake ƙoƙarin shiga Pearl Harbor. Littafin Attack on Pearl Harbor ya yi iƙirarin cewa jirgin ruwansa na karkashin ruwa ya buga murjani biyu kuma ya nutse. Sakamaki ya umarci ma'aikacinsa, Kiyoshi Inagaki, ya yi iyo zuwa gabar, kuma Sakamaki yayi ƙoƙari ya rushe jirgin ruwa mai nakasa kuma ya yi iyo don ya je bakin teku. Abubuwan fashewa sun kasa tashi kuma Inagaki ya nitse. Sakamaki ya kai ga bakin teku, amma ya fadi ba tare da sanin komai ba sau ɗaya a bakin rairayin bakin teku, inda wani sojan Amurka, David Akui, ya same shi, kuma ya kai shi hannun soja. Lokacin da ya farka, ya sami kansa a asibiti a karkashin tsaro na Amurka. Sakamaki ya zama fursunonin yaki na farko na Japan a Amurka a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu . Babban kwamandan Jafananci ya kori sunansa daga bayanan kuma ya gaya wa iyalinsa cewa an kashe shi a cikin aiki. An dawo da jirgin ruwansa na karkashin ruwa kuma an kai shi yawon shakatawa a fadin Amurka don karfafa sayen takardar yaki.

Bayan an kai shi Sand Island, Sakamaki ya nemi a ba shi izinin kashe kansa, wanda aka hana shi. Ya kwashe sauran yakin a sansanin fursunoni a nahiyar Amurka. Bayan ya shawo kan baƙin ciki na farko, ya yanke shawarar ci gaba da rayuwa, kuma ya shagaltar da lokacinsa a matsayin POW ta hanyar koyon Turanci.[1] An sanar da dangin Sakamaki cewa ya ɓace a cikin aiki, amma an gaya musu su ɓoye gaskiyar. Yayinda sauran jami'ai tara da ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa da aka kashe a lokacin aikinsu suka yi musu ado kuma gwamnatin Imperial ta Japan ta amince da su a matsayin jarumai na yaki, an cire sunan Sakamaki da gangan.[1]

Bayan karshen yakin, an mayar da Sakamaki zuwa Japan a 1946,  lokacin da ya zama mai zurfi ga zaman lafiya.  Bayan dawowarsa, ya karɓi wasikar ƙiyayya daga baƙi, gami da wasika da ta umarce shi da ya "yi aikin kashe kansa nan take" kuma ya nemi gafara a fili saboda kunyar da aka kama shi.

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