Old War Horses



No Surrender: Japanese Holdouts The last Japanese soldier surrendered in 1980. He should have waited a little longer. That's around about the time the Japanese were taking over the United States.



Seriously, though, If Yokoi's hold-out comrades dying in the 1960s is any indication, how many Japanese hold-out soldiers died before they were found? Combined with fighting the locals, animal attacks, infections, etc, there are the risks of typhoons, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and floods throughout the entire Pacific Ocean. There may have been hundreds of soldiers who died anonymously.