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Ikeda had possessed dual citizenship, but chose to renounce his Japanese citizenship in September 1940.
Ikeda had possessed dual citizenship, but chose to renounce his Japanese citizenship in September 1940.
After World World War II, Ikeda helped screen Japanese prisoners of war in the Soviet Union returning to the United States from Siberian camps. Ikeda managed the screening process that identified the POWs who had been trained by the Soviets to act as spies upon arrival in the United States.
Ikeda had excellent command of English and Japanese languages, and basic ability in Chinese and French. Ikeda died on March 17, 1960 in the plane crash of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710 in Indiana while on a temporary duty assignment.
