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December 28, 1898 - Shigematsu Sakaibara

Shigematsu Sakaibara (酒井原 繁松, Sakaibara Shigematsu; December 28, 1898 – June 19, 1947) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, the Japanese garrison commander on Wake Island during World War II, and a convicted war criminal. He was responsible for ordering the Wake Island massacre, in which 98 American civilians were murdered by Japanese soldiers.

Shigematsu Sakaibara

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