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Shoichi Yokoi - Wikipedia After a whirlwind media tour of Japan, Yokoi married and settled down in rural Aichi Prefecture He became a popular television personality and an advocate of simple living He was featured in a 1977 documentary film called Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
Shoichi Yokoi, The Japanese WW2 Soldier Who Refused To Surrender Hidden deep in the jungles of Guam, Yokoi and hundreds of his fellow Japanese soldiers steadfastly refused to surrender to American troops, believing that doing so would bring great shame But as the years passed, Yokoi’s comrades were captured or died By 1964, he was all alone
WWII: Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi, Last Straggler on Guam - Guampedia Shoichi Yokoi (1915 - 1997) was a sergeant in the Imperial Japanese Army, stationed on Guam during the Japanese Occupation of the island during World War II (December 1941- July 1944)
A Final Surrender - Veterans Breakfast Club An Imperial Japanese soldier, Yokoi spent the last 28 years in hiding, unable to accept that the war was truly over I remember being amazed to learn he’d been living in a cave very near the unspoiled Tala’fo’fo’ Falls and Ugum river basin, our favorite hiking and swimming area
Shoichi Yokoi: The Japanese Soldier who Continued Fighting 28 years . . . Shoichi Yokoi lived for another 25 years after his return to the world before passing away on September 22, 1997, at the age of 82 He was one of the final three Japanese holdouts to be found after the war and represents the indomitable spirit of the Japanese military
Widow, others handing down life of Sgt. Yokoi for posterity In August 1944, the Japanese military made a suicidal attack during the Battle of Guam before U S forces recaptured the island Yokoi went into the jungle after the battle and continued hiding
Corporal Shoichi Yokoi - wanpela. com After the American landings on Guam, the regiment Yokoi belonged to was almost annihilated, he flees into jungles Yokoi was assumed to have been killed in the battle, Japanese government made announcement of his death
Last Straggler on Guam | USS Elmore (APA-42) Yokoi Shōichi, March 31, 1915 – September 22, 1997) was a sergeant in the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during the Second World War, and was among the last three Japanese holdouts to be found after the end of hostilities in 1945