Imprisoned by the Japanese: CAPT Lawrence Savadkin
CAPT Savadkin was serving on the USS Tang when it was sunk in 1944. He was rescued and captured by the Japanese, and imprisoned in the Tokyo Bay Area till the end of the war.
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Show Notes
Captain Lawrence Savadkin served as a computer data torpedo operator on the USS Tang, a submarine, during World War II. During a battle with enemy Japanese ships in October 1944, the Tang was struck by a torpedo and sunk. 78 men were killed.
Savadkin narrowly escaped the sinking sub with his life. He and the 8 other survivors were rescued and captured by the Japanese. He spent the rest of the war as a POW in the Toyko Bay Area.
In this interview, Savadkin describes the battle that sunk the Tang, how luck helped him escape the sinking sub, and the conditions of the Japanese POW camp.
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