Wow. Yes I did read about the cat who held out til 74. Amazing. One Japanese mentioned that after his 16 yrs on Guam, he could remain calm about anything. It is easy to raise ones standard of living, but much harder to lower it said he. He & another survivor had their bodies checked over rather vigorously. Their teeth were in surprisingly good shape, better than average Japanese civilian of same age. Their back pay for 16 yrs of service worked out to about 100 dollars! A movie was made about them in Japan. They were hired as advisors.