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Originally posted by chromeboomerang:
Hello Bill. Happy new year. Just got a book titled The Stragglers. About Japanese left on variouc Islands after war was over. Written by E.J. Kahn Jr 1962. Haven't read it yet, but thought it might be of interest.
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Thanks for the info Chrome, looks like it might be of interest. If I remember correctly, there was a Japanese soldier who was located still holding out in the Philippines in the mid to late 70's. I have also read about rumors that another was still around the Vella Lavella area in the late 80's but never heard whether that rumor was resolved or not. There was also a story in an Austrailian newspaper last year around this time stating that the Japanese were sending another team back to the Philippines based on the rumors of a group of holdouts that were living in the mountains outside of Manila. But again never heard anything regarding the story afterwards.