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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...
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    Hiroo Onoda (redirect from Shōichi Shimada)
    portal List of Japanese holdouts List of solved missing person cases Shoichi Yokoi, among the last three Japanese holdouts to be found after the war, he...
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    Yokoi's Cave is the cave on the island of Guam in which Imperial Japanese Army Sergeant Shoichi Yokoi hid until he was discovered in 1972. Yokoi and several...
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  • fighter Shoichi Yokoi, soldier and celebrity Yokoi Shōnan, political reformer Mitsuo Yokoi, a Japanese voice actor (known as "Tesshō Genda") Yokoi Yayū,...
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  • 1930), Japanese academic and writer Shoichi Yanagimoto (柳本 晶一, born 1951), Japanese volleyball player Shōichi Yokoi (横井 庄一, 1915–1997), Japanese military...
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  • 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-22. Kristof, Nicholas D (September 26, 1997), "Shoichi Yokoi, 82, Is Dead; Japan Soldier Hid 27 Years", The New York Times, archived...
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  • Nakamura died of lung cancer. List of solved missing person cases Shoichi Yokoi, among the last three Japanese holdouts to be found after the war, he...
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    Talofofo Bay. Its also where Shōichi Yokoi one of the last 3 Japanese holdouts During World War 2 was discovered in Yokoi's Cave. Bendure, G. & Friary,...
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  • a unique importance in Japanese culture. The New York Times said of Shoichi Yokoi, the Japanese holdout who surrendered in Guam in January 1972, that...
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    to an ancient Chamorro village. Japanese holdout from World War II Shoichi Yokoi was discovered by Jesus Duenas and Manuel DeGracia near Talo'fo'fo on...
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  • Kristof, Nicholas D. "Shoichi Yokoi, 82, Is Dead; Japan Soldier Hid 27 Years," New York Times. September 26, 1997; Guam: Shoichi Yokoi Archived 2007-06-03...
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  • Jurnalul Național, 25 June 2007 Lanchin, Mike (January 24, 2012). "Shoichi Yokoi, the Japanese soldier who held out in Guam". BBC News. Retrieved August...
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    the last of his companions was captured. On 24 January 1972 Sergeant Shoichi Yokoi was discovered by hunters on the island. He had lived alone in a cave...
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    on 10 August 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015. Kristof, Nicholas D. "Shoichi Yokoi, 82, Is Dead; Japan Soldier Hid 27 Years," Archived February 1, 2009...
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    1994, p. 471. Harries & Harries 1994, p. 487. Kristof, Nicholas D. "Shoichi Yokoi, 82, Is Dead; Japan Soldier Hid 27 Years", The New York Times. September...
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    The Saga of Anatahan. On a related note, on Guam, Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi, unaware that the war had ended, hid in a jungle cave in the Talofofo...
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  • than 18,000 Japanese were killed as only 485 surrendered. Sergeant Shoichi Yokoi, who surrendered in January 1972, appears to have been the last confirmed...
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  • (ja) Corporal Shōichi Shimada Seaman Noburo Kinoshita 1960–1969 Private Bunzō Minagawa Sergeant Masashi Itō 1970–1979 Sergeant Shoichi Yokoi Private 1st...
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    Retrieved 30 July 2022. Kristof, Nicholas D. (26 September 1997). "Shoichi Yokoi, 82, Is Dead; Japan Soldier Hid 27 Years". The New York Times. Archived...
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    subsequently confirmed to be alive by Sanrio and Yamaguchi herself. Shoichi Yokoi: trapped on Guam when U.S. troops recaptured it near the end of World...
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    Kihachi Okamoto – assistant director Minoru Sakamoto – associate producer Shoichi Yokoi – lighting Tatsuo Kita – art director Akira Watanabe – special effects...
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  • 1915 – Albert Hourani, English historian and author (d. 1993) 1915 – Shoichi Yokoi, Japanese sergeant (d. 1997) 1916 – Lucille Bliss, American voice actress...
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    (ja) Corporal Shōichi Shimada Seaman Noburo Kinoshita 1960–1969 Private Bunzō Minagawa Sergeant Masashi Itō 1970–1979 Sergeant Shoichi Yokoi Private 1st...
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  • wider fighting around Long Bình and Biên Hòa. 1972 – Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of...
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    20in%20Japanese%20hands,and%20government%20buildings%20in%20Agana. "Shoichi Yokoi, the Japanese soldier who held out in Guam". BBC News. 24 January 2012...
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    Kingdom, becomes a full state of India. January 24 – Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi is discovered in Guam; he has spent 28 years in the jungle, having failed...
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  • Cowboys defeat the Miami Dolphins 24–3. January 24 – Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi is discovered in Guam; he had spent 28 years in the jungle and becomes...
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    Tinian to drop the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945. Sergeant Shoichi Yokoi hid out in the wilds of Guam for 28 years before coming out of hiding...
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  • partly inspired in the 1970s by the return to Japan of the holdouts Shōichi Yokoi and Hiroo Onoda who had refused to accept word of Japan's surrender...
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  • Canterbury Shaker Village; Truganini in Tasmania; last of the Shakers; Shoichi Yokoi in Guam; Christopher Janney "Soundstair" (Musical Stairs) in Cambridge...
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