Date/Time
Date(s) - 06/23/2019
2:30 pm
Location
Fort Ticonderoga Mars Education Center
Categories
On June 23 The Fort Ticonderoga Author Series features authors of recent books related to the history of Ticonderoga and the surrounding region. Former Albany, N.Y. Associated Press Journalist, Chris Carolla, presents The Man Who Captured Tojo. He shares the story of Saratoga Springs native Lt. John “Jack” Wilpers, serving in the Counter Intelligence Corps, who was part of a small group ordered to locate and capture Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo after the September 2, 1945 Japanese surrender. Carola interviewed Wilpers in 2010 and shares his story. This event is a presentation only and will not be followed by a book signing.
Wilpers was born in Albany and grew up in Saratoga Springs, where he graduated from St. Peter’s Academy in 1937. He joined the Army Air Corps in 1942, serving in New Guinea and the Philippines. After his role in capturing Tojo, he served in the CIA for 33 years.
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