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Emmanuel
Salvador
Cepeda
POW (WWII) Escapee Twice

Born:

, 

Philippine Islands

Home:

, 

Philippine Islands

Emmanuel Cepeda graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1933, as a foreign cadet. He was captured at the fall of Bataan, endured the Death March, and subsequently escaped captivity to join the Philippine resistance. He was re-captured on December 14, 1944, and sentenced to be beheaded by the Japanese, but again escaped to join the U.S. Forces on Northern Luzon. He retired as a U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Captain (Cavalry)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands)

    Action Date:

    December 14, 1944 – Escaped

    Captain (Cavalry) Emmanuel Salvador Cepeda, United States Army, was re-captured by Japanese forces on 14 December 1944 (after a previous successful escape), and held as a Prisoner of War until he successfully escaped for a second time.

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Captain (Cavalry)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands)

    Action Date:

    1942

    Captain (Cavalry) Emmanuel Salvador Cepeda, United States Army, was captured by Japanese forces after the fall of Bataan in the Philippine Islands in 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his successful escape from captivity.