Shoichi Yokoi
Military Person
1915 – 1997
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Who was Shoichi Yokoi?
Shōichi Yokoi was a Japanese sergeant in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second World War. He was among the last three Japanese holdouts to be found after the end of hostilities in 1945, discovered in the jungles of Guam on 24 January 1972, almost 28 years after US forces had regained control of the island in 1944.
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- Born
- Mar 31, 1915
Saori, Aichi - Also known as
- Ёкои, Сёити
- 橫井庄一
- Nationality
- Empire of Japan
- Lived in
- Aichi Prefecture
- Died
- Sep 22, 1997
Nagoya
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on July 23, 2013
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