Japanese holdout
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Japanese holdouts were soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific Theatre of World War II who continued fighting after the surrender of Japan at the end of the wa
Japanese holdout soldiers still occupying the city of Bukittinggi, after the surrender of Japan and the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence
Second Lieutenant Sakae Ōba, a Japanese holdout, photo from 1937.
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Hiroo Onoda young
Morotai Island Regency
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Morotai Island Regency is a regency of North Maluku province, Indonesia, located on Morotai island. It covers an area of 2,336.6 km2 including the smaller Rao Island to the west of Morotai. The popula
Japanese holdout
…were discovered in the jungles of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with the last verified holdout, Private Teruo Nakamura, surrendering on the island of Morotai in 1974. Captain Sakae Ōba, who led his company of 46 men in guerrilla actions against United States troops following the Battle of Saipan, surrendered…
Australian forces at Morotai in 1945
Beach on Morotai, North Halmahera
General Douglas MacArthur