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Claire Maybelle Snyder (December 2, 1907 – May 22, 1960), also known as Clara Fuentes, Clara Phillips, Dorothy Fuentes as well as High Pockets, was an American spy, entertainer, club owner, and writer most noted for her exploits in the Japanese-occupied Philippines.
Claire Phillips was a Portland stage actress and singer noted for heroism as a spy and humanitarian during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines in World War II. An author and activist, she was the recipient of the Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian wartime decoration.
I Was An American Spy is a 1951 American war drama film dramatizing the true story of Claire Phillips, an American expat [1] who spied on the Japanese during World War II and was captured, tortured, and sentenced to death before being rescued.
Jun 13, 2017 · Claire Phillips, the US World War II spy who lived a real-life Casablanca story. On April 19, 1951, in the wake of his dismissal as commander of American-led forces in Korea, Gen. Douglas ...
Oct 11, 2021 · While growing up in Southeast Portland, Claire Snyder dreamed of becoming a star. She couldn’t make it happen -- until she landed in the Philippines and reinvented herself as Madame Tsubaki.
Jul 22, 2017 · Claire Phillips, a singer from Portland, Oregon, was trapped in the Philippine capital when the attack began. Within days, she fled to the hills of Bataan, where she tended to the sick and...
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Adoptee Wendy Johnson of Albany found out her biological grandmother, Claire Phillips, was a spy during World War II in the Philippines. (David Patton, Democrat-Herald)
