After U.S. forces captured the island of Guam during World War II, Japanese Sergeant Shoic Yokoi went missing in the jungle. When he was found 28 years later he was welcomed back to Japan as a hero.
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When considering the stories of Japanese war stragglers, such as those that we have been discussing for the past few columns — Shoichi Yokoi who hid for 28 years and
The names of Manuel DeGracia and Jesus Duenas are forever connected in our history books with that of Shoichi Yokoi, one of the last Japanese holdouts from World War II.