It is an astonishing story, if it is true. Sixty years after the end of World War 11,two Japanese veterans have reportedly emerged from the Phillppines jungle, declaring they wish to go home but are afraid of being court-martialled.
According to one version, the pair aged in their mid 80s had no idea that the war was over until they came down from the thickly forested mountains near General Santos, a city on the island of Mindanao, While the Japanese media were in a frenzy yesterday, diplomats in the Phillippines were expressing caution.
Officals from the Japanese embassy in Manila flew south to meet the men, but as night fell the two octogenarians had yet to show up at the designated hotel in General Santos.
Government sources in Tokyo named the men in the latest reports as Yoshio Yamakawa (87) and Tsuzuki Nakauchi (85) of the 30th Division of the Imperial Army.
Irish Independent News
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World War 2 veterans 'hiding in jungle since 1945'
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capt_buzzard
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World War 2 veterans 'hiding in jungle since 1945'
I`ve heard this sort of story several times through the years, but never read any definite proof. I`d be truly astonished if they managed to feed, clothe, wash and care for themselves medically for all that time, and still lived to tell the tale!
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World War 2 veterans 'hiding in jungle since 1945'
Well John - maybe the wolves or apes or some such creature took them in as family and helped them out.
The growth of knowledge depends entirely on disagreement..........Karl R. Popper
World War 2 veterans 'hiding in jungle since 1945'
Boy are they in for a shock if and when they re-enter society,
they'll be wishing they were back in the jungle! :-3
they'll be wishing they were back in the jungle! :-3