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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 World War, and was one of the last three Japanese holdouts to be found after the end of hostilities in 1945.
Yokoi's Cave is the cave on the island of Guam in which Imperial Japanese Army Sergeant Shoichi Yokoi hid until he was discovered in 1972. Yokoi and several companions hid in the area for more than 25 years (since Japan's defeat in the 1944 Battle of Guam), two of them died in the cave; their remains were found in the cave after Yokoi's surrender.
As in other battles of the Pacific War, the Japanese refused to surrender, and almost all were killed. On 10 August 1944, the American forces succeeded in wiping out the Japanese occupiers ending the occupation, although a small number of Japanese Holdouts would remain in hiding in caves throughout the island, the last being found in 1972. [4]
On May 12, 1948, the Associated Press reported that two unnamed Japanese soldiers had surrendered to civilian policemen in Guam the day before. [ 21 ] On June 27, 1951, the Associated Press reported that a Japanese petty officer who surrendered on Anatahan Island in the Marianas two weeks before said that there were 18 other holdouts there.
Hiroo Onoda (Japanese: 小野田 寛郎, Hepburn: Onoda Hiroo, 19 March 1922 – 16 January 2014) was a Japanese soldier who served as a second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
Takashina was overall commander of Guam's defenses from early 1944 onward. [1] Guam had approximately 18,000 [2] Japanese soldiers and marines. On 21 July, Guam was invaded by Allied forces. Two days after the United States 3rd Marine Division landed on Guam, 25 July, Takashina planned a counterattack to push the Americans back into the sea ...
Masashi Itō (伊藤 正, 1921–2004) was a machine-gunner [1] and sergeant in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second World War. He was among the last holdouts to surrender after the war ended.
Chaqui'an Massacre Site, at Chalan Emsley in Yigo on Guam, was the site of a massacre in 1944 by Japanese soldiers of 45 native Chamorro men. The men were from 15 to 76 years old, and were dressed in civilian clothes.