Rear Admiral Tadashi Maeda | |
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Tadashi Maeda
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Born |
Kagoshima, Japan |
March 3, 1898
Died | December 13, 1977 Japan |
(aged 79)
Rear Admiral Tadashi Maeda (前田 精 Maeda Tadashi, March 3, 1898 - December 13, 1977) was a high-ranking Imperial Japanese Navy officer during the Pacific War. Maeda played an important role in Indonesian independence; he met Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta at his house in Jakarta on August 16, 1945 and his house was used for drafting the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence.