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Japanese holdouts after WW2 from 1961 to 1972 | Shoichi Yokoi, Minagawa and Ito

Japanese hold-outs after the second world war are quite the never-ending source of interesting stories. Japanese soldiers ...
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Last Japanese soldier to surrender 29 years after WW2 ended | Hiroo Onoda's 1974 surrender

On the 15th of August 1945, the Japanese empire capitulated after the United States threw atomic bombs on Hiroshima and ...
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Japanese soldier killed in Battle of Okinawa ID’d by DNA, a first for Japan

TOKYO — Human remains discovered on Okinawa in 2004 have been identified as those of a Japanese soldier, marking the first time DNA alone was used to confirm the identity of a casualty from the Battle ...
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A Batch of Undelivered WWII Letters Intended for Japanese Soldiers Ended Up in an Oregon Museum Decades Later. Now, Experts Are Returning the Lost Correspondence to Their Families

People line up for rations of beans and water in Japan following the country's defeat in World War II, in September 1945. Pictures from History / Universal Images Group via Getty Images On October 10, ...
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NY National Guard provides funeral honors for WWII Soldier who died in Japanese POW camp

BOONVILLE, N.Y. – Eight New York Army National Guard Soldiers provided funeral honors for a World War II Soldier who survived the infamous Bataan Death March --only to die in a Japanese POW camp later ...
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US veteran fulfills Japanese soldier's family's decades-long dream

JAPAN, — A World War II-era "good luck" flag has finally made its way home, thanks to the kindness and determination of U.S. Army veteran Chris Dorsey. Dorsey, from Dahlonega, Georgia, was going ...