Commander Shunsaku Kudō (工藤 俊作, Kudō Shunsaku, January 7, 1901 – January 12, 1979) was an officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy. He is notable for the humanitarian act of rescuing 442 enemy British and American sailors from the Java Sea in 1942.
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7 January 1901 Higashiokitama District, Yamagata, Japan
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Died |
12 January 1979 (aged 78) Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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