Shoichi Yokoi - Wikipedia
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 …
Shoichi Yokoi Was the Last Japanese World War II Soldier to …
2022年1月21日 · According to historian Robert Rogers, Yokoi was one of around 5,000 Japanese soldiers who refused to surrender to the Allies after the Battle of Guam, preferring life on the …
Shoichi Yokoi’s survival story: How Japan responded when he …
2022年1月31日 · Shoichi Yokoi, a former sergeant in the Imperial Japanese Army, at Tokyo’s airport in 1972, after hiding in Guam for 28 years. On the right, in glasses, is Japanese Health …
The unbelievable story of a Japanese soldier who hid in a jungle …
On January 24, 1972, two hunters came across a man setting fishing traps in a river near Talofofo Falls in Guam. The man was later identified as Shoichi Yokoi, a Japanese soldier who had …
Shoichi Yokoi, the Japanese soldier who held out in Guam
2012年1月24日 · 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 …
Japanese soldier found hiding on Guam | January 24, 1972 - HISTORY
2010年3月2日 · 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 …
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 …
Shoichi Yokoi, The Japanese WW2 Soldier Who Refused To …
2024年3月26日 · 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 …
War in the Pacific NHP: Liberation - Guam Remembers - U.S.
In February 1943, Shoichi Yokoi arrived on Guam from Manchuria, a 28-year-old sergeant assigned to the Japanese naval garrison defending the island. In February 1972, Yokoi …
Shoichi Yokoi: The Soldier Who Fought WWII for 28 Extra Years
2023年9月1日 · One such story is of Shoichi Yokoi, a Japanese sergeant in the Imperial Japanese Army. Yokoi refused to surrender for 28 years after the conclusion of World War II. …