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Shōichi Yokoi (横井 庄一, Yokoi Shōichi, 31 March 1915 – 22 September 1997) was a Japanese soldier who served as a sergeant in the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during the Second World War, and was one of the last three Japanese holdouts to be found after the end of hostilities in 1945.
Jan 21, 2022 · Yokoi, who only rejoined society after being overpowered by two local fishermen in January 1972, was one of the last stragglers to surrender, offering an extreme example of the Japanese...
Jan 24, 2012 · For most of the 28 years that Shoichi Yokoi, a lance corporal in the Japanese Army of world War II, was hiding in the jungles of Guam, he firmly believed his former comrades would...
Jan 31, 2022 · How a Long-Lost Soldier’s Survival Story Riveted—and Confounded—’70s Japan. Twenty-eight years after his army surrendered, Shoichi Yokoi was back. By Stephen R. Kelly. Jan 31, 20225:45 AM ...
Mar 26, 2024 · Imperial Japanese Army sergeant Shoichi Yokoi fled into the jungles of Guam when American forces recaptured the island in 1944 — and didn't emerge until he was finally discovered 28 years later. On Sept. 2, 1945, World War II came to an end. But not for Shoichi Yokoi.
Jan 24, 2019 · The man was later identified as Shoichi Yokoi, a Japanese soldier who had been living in isolation in a self-made cave since World War II. Yokoi fled and hid during the US invasion of Guam in...
Sep 26, 1997 · Shoichi Yokoi, a Japanese soldier who hid in the jungles of Guam for 27 years rather than surrender to American forces at the end of World War II, died on Monday of a heart attack. He was 82.
Mar 2, 2010 · On January 24, 1972, local farmers on Guam discover Shoichi Yokoi, a Japanese sergeant who fought in World War II, still hiding in the jungle—26 years after the official end of the war....
Jun 20, 2024 · 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).
Jan 21, 2022 · The Japanese WWII Soldier Who Refused to Surrender for 27 Years. Unable to bear the shame of being captured as a prisoner of war, Shoichi Yokoi hid in the jungles of Guam until January 1972. by Meilan Solly via Smithsonian on January 21, 2022.
