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An adventurous spirit led him from the plains to life as a pilot, soldier and spy
He was beaten and waterboarded for 18 days before Office of Strategic Services agents rescued him near a Beijing prison camp, officials said.
- During World War, Hilaire du Berrier survived nearly three years of captivity within a Shanghai prison cell, a converted room in the British colonial concession's Union Jack Club.
- In 1942, Kempeitai informer Vladimir Tatscheff turned du Berrier in to Japanese authorities, ending his clandestine operations though he scattered his radio transmitter over Shanghai rooftops before capture.
- Imprisoned alongside Englishman John Cook, du Berrier survived 18 days of torture including water boarding and rack usage. He endured 13 days of interrogations before Cook died in their shared cell.
- Agents with the Office of Strategic Services, the precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency, rescued du Berrier near a Beijing prison camp. He emerged with permanent scars on his face and fingernails.
- Born in Flasher, North Dakota, in 1906, du Berrier fought in Ethiopia and the Spanish Civil War before his wartime capture. He lived until 2002, passing away in Monaco shortly before his 96th birthday.
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