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This Happened—January 24: Finding Shoichi Yokoi, World War II’s Final Holdout

Updated Jan. 24, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. 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. Why did Shoic Yokoi go missing? When American forces captured Guam […]

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