NEWS: Two Japanese soldiers found in Philippine jungle

[David_Aiken]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4585287.stm

[CorsairFreak]

Unbelievable if true!

[David_Aiken]

LOOK how many have held out over the decades!http://www.wanpela.com/holdouts/registry.html

[agent86]

If ya go to vietman or cambodia or Laos you will find missing american GI's
living in the bush with mamasan and offspring and maybe a wwII japanese or two even.Happens after and during wars, GI gone native Tim.

[tom d. friedman]

my dad, a rifle company commander, company I 155th infantry regiment of the 31st infantry (dixie) division now 89 years old & as full of piss & vinegar as ever landed at cagayan mindanoa, fought up through the interior jungle, to mayalabaly, where his company liberated the town, & continued to fight up along the sayre highway to butuan, in the northern area where he commanded a base of over 10 thousand people, with the rank of captain, a responsibility usually reserved for a colonel, or general officer. he over saw a hospital unit, aerial re-supply unit, aerial liaison unit etc, in support of the war effort up to the surrender in 1945. dad was not surprised at the recent news. onoda in 1974, a hold out at morotai in 1973, where he also served by coincidence!!! he said the recent mindanoa hold outs probably hooked up with filipino women & existed all these years. makes sense, could you be celibate all these years??? my old man.... god love him. check out pacific wrecks.com veterans category for my dad's ww 2 history. best tom

[tom d. friedman]

it is a testimonial of how rugged, dense & remote that this region is in regard to japanese hold out soldiers being found 60 + years later. i wonder where they these hold outs initially operated during the war, & on the other hand where they were found since after the surrender. regards, tom

[HarvardIV]

Hi Tom:

dad was not surprised at the recent news. onoda in 1974, a hold out at morotai in 1973, where he also served by coincidence!!! he said the recent mindanoa hold outs probably hooked up with filipino women & existed all these years. makes sense, could you be celibate all these years??? my old man.... god love him. check out pacific wrecks.com veterans category for my dad's ww 2 history. best tom

The natives of Morotai still claim there are a couple of Japanese hiding in the jungle. They have mingled with the natives, and don't want to be found.

I feel they probably know the war is over, and are afraid to go back to Japan for fear of dishonor.

[Cadillac_of_the_Sky]

I heard these guys might be deserters... that would explain why they haven't wanted to go back!