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Unconfirmed: Two Living, Ex-Japanese Soldiers Found in Philippines (Mindanao)
Mainichi News in Tokyo (in Japanese) (linked) ^
| 26 May 2005
| Mainichi Shimbun in Japan (in Japanese)
Posted on 05/26/2005 8:12:52 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
Edited on 05/27/2005 12:51:25 AM PDT by Sidebar Moderator.
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To: King Prout
The last one that I recall was in the 70s. That was considered pretty amazing back then. The guy was in all the news magazines. If this is real, then these guys are way more nuts than that guy. I'm wondering if these aren't just guys who deserted and got a native girl and a hut and settled down, and who now want to go home.
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posted on
05/26/2005 8:38:45 AM PDT
by
Defiant
(Coming to a theater near you: Indiana Frist and the Traitors for a Lost Cause)
To: AmericanInTokyo
I just searched on the Kyodo website. There is the following flash that has been posted, but no story yet.
[1] May 26 (23 :33) 2 ex-Japanese soldiers may be on Mindanao - TOKYO
Great catch!!
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posted on
05/26/2005 8:39:38 AM PDT
by
July 4th
(A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
To: ccmay
Yes. They would be very amazed at Japanese young people, and or watching Japanese TV, seeing the son of the Emperor they fought for on TV, but then hear Japanese TV commentators talk about him and the Imperial Family in very casual ways, in much less honorific speech in Japanese than reserved for "living gods", and thus, in their own minds, affording the Emperor no respect.
They might not take it well, and then commit suicide, or just wish to die as a result. I think they ought to stay in the PI if they are capable...and be left alone--but the Japanese Nation will probably not allow it.
63
posted on
05/26/2005 8:41:29 AM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(**AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS NOT SO MUCH "WHO" WE STAND FOR, BUT RATHER "WHAT" WE STAND FOR**)
To: AmericanInTokyo
I would love to have a Japanese officer's samurai sword.
I do have the compass from my father's Spitfire, which he apparently liberated when his squadron was demobilized after the war.
-ccm
64
posted on
05/26/2005 8:41:39 AM PDT
by
ccmay
(Question Diversity)
To: aculeus
maybe they could make a survivor show oh nevermind
65
posted on
05/26/2005 8:42:21 AM PDT
by
al baby
To: Publius6961
I know which one of the two types I'd prefer to have around.
66
posted on
05/26/2005 8:42:53 AM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Smokin' Joe
Indeed........suprised they lived this long without socialized medicine........:o)
67
posted on
05/26/2005 8:43:23 AM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
To: July 4th
Thank you. YOMIURI NEWS now covering it, too (11:45 a.m. Eastern):
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/main/news/20050526it16.htm
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posted on
05/26/2005 8:44:43 AM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(**AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS NOT SO MUCH "WHO" WE STAND FOR, BUT RATHER "WHAT" WE STAND FOR**)
To: Rebelbase
We won the war, then had to buy all their cars.
To: AmericanInTokyo
Thats what I call real dedication!!!!!! Maybe we can run one for Senator of AZ and the other for Senator of SC. These guy's seem to know how to stick with a plan. Or maybe they can just serve as consultants for the republican party.
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posted on
05/26/2005 8:47:27 AM PDT
by
jec41
(Screaming Eagle)
To: Fudd
Not as long as these two (if true), but Iwo's not a large place to hide. There were known holdouts on Guam into the 1970's.
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posted on
05/26/2005 8:47:49 AM PDT
by
fso301
To: AmericanInTokyo
You always bring us such interesting information. Thanks!
To: Aquinasfan
" They might be disconcerted to learn that the war ended 60 years ago."What's the old saying? "There is always a few jerks that don't get the word!"
73
posted on
05/26/2005 8:48:30 AM PDT
by
albee
(A paranoid schizophrenic is somebody who just found out what is going on.)
To: Modernman
Dang glad they'll be on our side when the Chinese come callin'.
74
posted on
05/26/2005 8:49:15 AM PDT
by
BroncosFan
("The flogging will stop when morale has improved.")
To: AmericanInTokyo
Maybe the Dems could use these guys for the upcoming Big Filibuster.
75
posted on
05/26/2005 8:49:23 AM PDT
by
cookcounty
("We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the Courts" ---Abe Lincoln, 1858.)
To: JLS
"If these two are not a hoax"
The story would be believable if the two had fragged themselves when discovered, rather than to be captured and shamed.
76
posted on
05/26/2005 8:50:00 AM PDT
by
Deguello
To: Spktyr
This is a reminder of the latent warrior culture of Japan, which all of Asia still fears. We exterminated most of it in WW2, but there's still traces of it there. They've got a tradition of duty and honor that goes back at least a couple thousand years. They were horrendously effective enemies (embodying "no retreat, no surrender"), but they make excellent allies.
I just got through reading "Ghost Soldiers" which is an account of the Bataan Death March. Saying they were horrendously effective enemies, is an understatement. I was stunned to see just how brutal and vicious they were. Beheading soldiers for fun. I had 3 uncles who died in the Bataan Death March. After reading the book and learning that the Japanese soldiers were expected to commit suicide before being captured or surrendering, it's not surprising that they chose to hide out all these years, rather than killing themselves when the Japanese surrendered.
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posted on
05/26/2005 8:50:22 AM PDT
by
NRA2BFree
(We've been sold out by spineless, gutless TRAITORS again!!!! They made a deal with the devil...)
To: Deguello
I remember that episode on Gilligan's Island. That was the first thing I thought of too., Ahhh, after school reruns on KHTV - Houston. Those were the good ole days.
To: Deguello
Hard to frag yourself when you're out of ammo, grenades, or other munitions.
Or if your grenades have been sitting out in a tropical environment for 50 years - good luck with that old detonator...
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posted on
05/26/2005 8:52:21 AM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: AmericanInTokyo
Hear this Zarqawi!!!! Sooner or later you gotta come in. Lung or no lung.
80
posted on
05/26/2005 8:53:52 AM PDT
by
jec41
(Screaming Eagle)
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