Jacob Daniel DeShazer (15 November 1912 – 15 Maret 2008) terlibat dalam Serangan Doolittle sebagai sersan staf dan kemudian menjadi misionaris di Jepang.

Jacob DeShazer
Jacob Daniel DeShazer pada 1945
Lahir(1912-11-15)15 November 1912
West Stayton, Oregon
Meninggal15 Maret 2008(2008-03-15) (umur 95)
Salem, Oregon
PengabdianAS
Dinas/cabangPasukan Udara Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat
Lama dinas1940–1945
PangkatSersan Staf
Perang/pertempuranPerang Dunia II
* Serangan Doolittle
PenghargaanDistinguished Flying Cross
Purple Heart
Prisoner of War Medal
HubunganFlorence DeShazer
Paul, John, Mark, Carol Aiko dan Ruth (anak)
Pekerjaan lainMisionaris

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DeShazer lahir pada 15 November 1912 di West Stayton, Oregon dan lulus dari Madras High School di Madras, Oregon pada 1931. Ia masuk Korps Udara Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat pada 1940, dan naik pangkat menjadi sersan pada 1941. Pada Minggu 7 Desember 1941, ketika menggunakan kamar mandi, DeShazer mendengar berita serangan Pearl Harbor di radio. Ia menjadi berang dan berkata: "Jepang harus membayar semua ini!"[1]

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Referensi

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Catatan
  1. ^ "Jake DeShazer". Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2011-07-27. Diakses tanggal 2016-05-03. 
Daftar pustaka
  • DeShazer, Jacob as told to Don Falkenberg. I was a Prisoner of Japan (Tract). Columbus, Ohio: The Bible Meditation League, 1950. (Out of print.)
  • DeShazer, Jacob. Love Your Enemies, From Bombs to Bible. Seattle: Home Coming Chapel, 1972–73: Seattle Pacific College (now University SPU) (From the SPU Chapel Archives on iTunes 1), 1978–79.
  • From Vengeance to Forgiveness: Jake DeShazer's Extraordinary Journey (DVD). Diarsipkan 2011-10-30 di Wayback Machine. Grand Rapids MI: Discovery House Publishers, 2007.
  • "Alumni Magazine article." Seattle Pacific University.
  • Watson, Charles Hoyt. DeShazer, the Amazing Story of Sergeant Jacob DeShazer: The Doolittle Raider Who Turned Missionary. Winona Lake, Indiana: The Light and Life Press, 1950.

Bacaan tambahan

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  • Cohen, Stan, Jim Farmer and Joe Boddy. Destination: Tokyo: A Pictorial History of Doolittle's Tokyo Raid, 18 April 1942. Missoula, Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, 1992. ISBN 978-0-929521-52-7.
  • "DeShazer's Biography." Diarsipkan 2007-09-28 di Wayback Machine. freemethodistchurch.org.
  • Glines, Carroll V. The Doolittle Raid: America's First Strike Against Japan. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, 2000. ISBN 978-0-88740-347-7.
  • Glines, Carroll V. Four Came Home: The Gripping Story of the Survivors of Jimmy Doolittle's Two Lost Crews. Missoula, Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, 1996. ISBN 978-1-57510-007-4.
  • Goldstein, Donald M. and Carol Aiko DeShazer Dixon. Return of the Raider: A Doolittle Raider's Story of War and Forgiveness. 2010. (Carol Aiko DeShazer Dixon is DeShazer's daughter.)
  • Hembree, Charles R. From Pearl Harbor to the Pulpit. Akron, Ohio: Rex Humbard World Ministry, 1975.
  • Hoppes, Jonna Doolittle. Calculated Risk: The Extraordinary Life of Jimmy Doolittle, Aviation Pioneer and World War II Hero. Santa Monica, California: Santa Monica Press, 2005. ISBN 978-1-891661-44-0. (Written by Doolittle's granddaughter)
  • Nelson, Craig. The First Heroes: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raid, America's First World War II Victory. London: Penguin, 2002. ISBN 978-0-14-200341-1.
  • Prange, Gordon W., Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon. God's Samurai: Lead Pilot at Pearl Harbor. Washington, D.C.: Potomac Books Inc, 2003. ISBN 978-1-57488-695-5. (The best biography of Captain Mitsuo Fuchida's life, includes his life encounters with Jacob DeShazer)
Further viewing
  • Browne, Pamela K. "War Stories with Oliver North: Doolittle Raid". Fox News Network, 2002. (DeShazer is being interviewed throughout the documentary and the DeShazer and Fuchida story is told at the end.)
  • "One Hour Over Tokyo: The Doolittle Raid". The History Channel, 2001. (DeShazer is being interviewed throughout the documentary and the DeShazer and Fuchida story is told at the end.)

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