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  2. Hiroo Onoda - Wikipedia

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    Hiroo Onoda (Japanese: 小野田 寛郎, Hepburn: Onoda Hiroo, 19 March 1922 – 16 January 2014) was a Japanese soldier who served as a second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

  3. Norio Suzuki (explorer) - Wikipedia

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    Norio Suzuki (鈴木 紀夫, Suzuki Norio, April 1949 – November 1986) was a Japanese explorer and adventurer. In 1974 he searched for and found Hiroo Onoda, one of the last remaining Japanese holdouts who had refused to surrender after the end of World War II. Suzuki died in November 1986 in an avalanche while searching for the yeti.

  4. Japanese holdout - Wikipedia

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    After a formal surrender ceremony, all the men were retrieved. [23] The Japanese occupation of the island inspired the 1953 Japanese film Anatahan [11] and the 1998 novel Cage on the Sea. In 1955, four Japanese airmen surrendered at Hollandia in Dutch New Guinea: Shimada Kakuo, Shimokubo Kumao, Ojima Mamoru and Jaegashi Sanzo. They were the ...

  5. Teruo Nakamura - Wikipedia

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    Teruo Nakamura (中村 輝夫, Nakamura Teruo, born Attun Palalin; [1] [2] also known as Suniuo; [3] [4] 8 October 1919 – 15 June 1979) was a Taiwanese soldier of the Imperial Japanese Army who fought for Japan in World War II and did not surrender until 1974. He was the last known Japanese holdout to surrender after the end of hostilities in ...

  6. The Twilight World - Wikipedia

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    The book is based on the life of Hiroo Onoda, a Japanese soldier, stationed in Lubang during World War II, who refused to surrender until 1974. Background Except ...

  7. Japanese prisoners of war in World War II - Wikipedia

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    In addition, soldiers who witnessed Japanese troops surrender were more willing to take prisoners themselves. [38] Japanese POW bathing on board the USS New Jersey, December 1944. Survivors of ships sunk by Allied submarines frequently refused to surrender, and many of the prisoners who were captured by submariners were taken by force.

  8. Shoichi Yokoi - Wikipedia

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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.

  9. Military history of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The last Japanese soldiers of World War II to surrender were Hiroo Onoda and Teruo Nakamura in 1974. Onoda was an intelligence officer and second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army. He continued his campaign after WWII for 29 years in a Japanese holdout on Lubang Island, the Philippines.