Japanese Soldier Found Living in the Jungle

CORRECTION: At 0:02 & 1:37 it's 1972. My apologies for the mistake.
In 1972, a Japanese soldier was found alone living in the jungle of Guam. He lived in secrecy for many years until he was discovered by 2 men while out fishing at night.
Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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[@lexiheart6558]

It's crazy that there could have been more hold outs that were never found.

[@stevekovacs6250]

I read about this years back and at that moment I realized my brothers and I used to play in the jungle just below the caves. This was back in the early 50's when my Father was stationed there during his Naval career. It was a great playground finding numerous weapons buried throughout the jungle for us to discover.

[@kissmy_butt1302]

Hide and Seek grand champion.

[@taazzmaann]

Hahahahahaha

[@DerpPilot]

He beat that Afghan guy

[@wesleyezell2361]

No kidding damn

[@colddeadhands5167]

Strong 2nd place... Bigfoot is your winner 😅😅😅

[@teinelona7]

😅😂

[@celestialstar5563]

Wow this is a pretty smart & crazy story of survival of the fittest

[@donnageorge6506]

agreed

[@skepticskull]

yeah thats pretty insane

[@jerrybennett7856]

There was a funny rumor about him on Guam when I was stationed there. The Guamians in one village told me that they had contact with him. Sometimes giving him clothing and some food. They said he did not want to go home because he had a nagging wife. I thought that was a funny story.

[@vukojicasandic3773]

So people on the island knew there were Japanese soldiers still hiding 20 years later?

[@rrussell9731]

So now we know why he was begging the two guys to kill him. Makes sense.

[@troynov1965]

I remember as a kid when the talked the Japanese solider to give himself up in the Phillipines back in early -mid 70s

[@yvemd11]

I remember my Dad talking in Chamorro on the phone late at night. My Dad then talked with my Mom in the kitchen when I should have been sleeping. My Dad explained to my Mom that his brother Manuel and his cousin Jesus found a Japanese soldier in Guam. My Dad told Uncle Manuel to make sure he eats something, and the authorities should be notified so he can be reunited with his family.

[@Ramzi1944]

Thats interesting

[@Tremorwoodworks]

Manuel De Garcia and Jesus Duenas

[@sneed2600]

Small damn world, huh

[@yeetfeet731]

So many member in my family named Manuel and Jesus lmao. Us Chamorros can't give up to any other name, huh?

[@tonywalton1052]

That's nothing. my uncle dropped the atomic bomb on hiroshima. the song, "you drop the bomb on me" is about him.

[@shaungronda2759]

He stole my grandfathers underwear and clothes at night during the Korean War. As they were the same sized men. He survived on our military food that was taken at night also.

[@lon242]

Huh, I'm from Guam and know about this dude but not as familiar with the whole story. Great presentation, love your channel.

[@stuckinthe1970]

We were stationed in Japan when a Japanese soldier was found in the Philippines. This is an example of loyalty to one's country to stay hidden and continue to fight for so many years after the war ended. I remember the search team sent from Japan carried megaphones talking into the jungle to find him and convince him the war was over.

[@chozer1]

shoulda gotten hirohito to announce it to them, they can't disobey an order from the emperor

[@MatthewLum11]

@@chozer1 Lt. Hiroo Sonoda, the holdout in the Philippines, was an intelligence officer. He believed all the megaphone announcements and dropped leaflets were propaganda. It is unlikely that the head of state of any country, much less Emperor Hirohito would travel to another nation to plead from a megaphone for a group of four soldiers while his own country, Japan, was being occupied by the one million-strong Allied Forces. While Hirohito remained Emperor when the war officially ended, the new 1947 Constitution stripped him of all but symbolic power. Most Japanese authority transferred to the new position of "prime minister" when the Allied Forces ended their occupation in 1952. 💁🏻‍♂️

[@robertbutts9835]

I have been there during 2002.. Amazing place

[@djquinn11]

Blind, loyalty. He squandered almost his whole adult life for a militaristic government that thought nothing of sending soldiers on suicide attacks.

[@will-i-am-not]

Or stupidity

[@Kainlarsen]

An inspiration to shut-ins everywhere. :) In all seriousness though, this must have been such a crushingly lonely existence; unable to come home for fear of being ostracised.

[@thomasrobinette3227]

3:48 How could he hear news about the other dudes dying in a flood?

[@jdacosta443]

Smoke signals

[@strfltcmnd.9925]

Damn fine Soldiers. They should have been given a teaching post at West Point on evasion and stealth.

[@Scrub_Zero]

Too bad about the way they frequently enslaved and horrifically tortured their enemies, sometimes under the guise of performing bizarre medical experiments on them and other times for no discernable reason other than sadism....

[@jeffclark7888]

@@Scrub_Zeroagree.

[@marcossantos1998]

How the fuck you go through all this shit and still manage to get a "happy ending"? what a soldier

[@triepope6429]

Do you really need to used that word !!!! Do you fell really BIG NOW ?????

[@saint52vvs]

I worked on Saipan. I crawled through Japanese tunnels. There are multiple stories like this one. So insane

[@StacyNelsaGirl]

Not Insane..

[@Patricktate-c1k]

a+ for discipline.those Japanese dudes were ...... determined to honour their code shall we say.

[@RobertJones-ux6nc]

My Dad was on Guam in the late 1950's when they found a Japanese Soldier living in the jungle. I know it is not as long as this one but there might still be others today, who knows?

[@naenae796]

Just now came across this. Lived on Guam 1963 through 1966. Dad was stationed at Anderson AFB on the north end of the island. We always heard stories about the three Japanese ‘ stragglers ‘ still living in the jungle and that they would steal western garments off clothesline’s then sneak on base to receive bags of rice that the government would give to Guamanians.

[@Tremorwoodworks]

*Andersen

[@naenae796]

@@Tremorwoodworks Thank you . Darn autocorrect !

[@jerrybennett7856]

What was your dad's name. I was stationed there 65-66 in the weather squadron and attached to the Air Rescue squadron.

[@sarahboller5912]

my daughter lived there for 2018 to 2021..I've heard of this , I always wondered if he ate his 2 friends...the island is beyond gorgeous, and the chammorrans are very proud, peaceful people ❤

[@kujo5998]

“He got the news that the other 2 had died”… None of this story makes you suspicious?!

[@RacerX1971]

Imagine u did all of this sacrifice for an emperor that you thought was God like.

[@kyupified2440]

I remember hearing a story about a japanese soldier hiding too after a war. He doesnt want to believe that the japanese people want him back to their country and that they lost the war

[@kyupified2440]

Its in the Phil

[@marcnoonan2187]

He was found on Guam. I was stationed on a Ship Homeported at Apra Harbor Guam 1990-1992. USS Haleakala (AE-25)

[@KowboyUSA]

What true grit is. Salute!

[@thra5herxb12s]

He was never captured or surrendered. His honour is completely intact.

[@Yungknown]

He waisted his life hiding in the jungle. The only shame is on the emperor who sent so many young men to die for no good reason.

[@taylormartinez7586]

POV: You're from Guam and this showed up in your recommended.

[@coachferatu198]

truly amazing videos and of course top notch narration as always

[@donnageorge6506]

so agree with you 👍👍👍

[@bayongasantv9657]

Hiroo onoda hiding 30 years after the war ended in the Philippines, the last Japanese soldier surrendered.

[@Akaneblaze1345]

Oh quiet, just cause he was the last soldier doesn't mean the Phillipines is better.

[@batmanh8899]

@@Akaneblaze1345 That’s not what they were saying… Hiro Onoda is clearly Japanese. Seems like you were too focused on the wrong things

[@JOSECANUCCJ]

I have visited a reconstruction of the site. As I started down a ladder to enter it, I was assaulted by a cloud of insects. How he endured that escapes me.

[@harrybalsak916]

I was born on Saipan in 1958 while my Dad was a Navy Physician there. There were still Japanese coming out of the jungle surrendering. We thought "Hey Tojo, you have not heard gunfire in 13 years, that is what we call a clue". In one instance the Saipanese caught a Japanese soldier stealing from their lobster traps. The snatched him and were ready to kill him but the Navy intervened on his behalf. They should have just turned a blind eye and let the villagers have at him. 13 years after the war there were still a lot of Saipanese natives who remembered the horrific treatment the Japanese heaped on them. One of the natives told my Dad that prior to the US landings there the Japanese hid in the caves along with many natives, presumably to use them as bargaining chips. Apparently, there was an infant who continued to cry so this Japanese soldier bayoneted the infant and then bayonetted the mother and tossed their bodies off a cliff. That kind of brutality is so foreign to western culture it is hard to comprehend.

[@119jle]

All those years with no McDonalds

[@philipbuckley759]

why this one was allowed to wander, in the forest, for so many years is really quite pathetic.....

[@ynot2847]

Although the war was over, the war perhaps continues inside his own nightmarish dreamscapes..

[@dennisschell5543]

WTF is a "small bonfire"?!? 🙄

[@samuelG009]

I know right

[@IcanBePsycho]

I saw this on Gilligan’s Island 😂

[@F111BMATHIS]

No mention of his airliner flight back to Japan and what he thought of Japanese society.

[@guyanaspice6730]

Bridge on the River Kwai - "Madness. Madness."

[@Adam-lz6cr]

Second greatest form of dedication I have ever seen in my life. The first greatest form of dedication is the US media protecting Biden.

[@markanthony3275]

Nice !

[@jensenkv69]

Chamorro people (/tʃɑːˈmɔːroʊ, tʃə-/;[5][6] also CHamoru[1]) are the Indigenous people of the Mariana Islands, politically divided between the United States territory of Guam.

[@JaseGangeDuenas]

The way he pronounces stuff is really disrespectful 😐

[@vanceb1]

I lived on Guam for 3 years and yes, he got a lot of pronunciations wrong.

[@curtisthomas2670]

I hope he got his decades of military backpay

[@mymysea4435]

Just wanted to leave a comment saying I love your channel. So refreshing to not hear a robotic voice too.

[@johnnyv.5142]

Didn't they make a movie about this amazing story?

[@vladimirputindreadlockrast812]

I've lived by the words of one of those Japanese soldiers (I read this decades ago, before there were any personal computers, so I don't remember which one): "Nature is never boring."

[@jadegrenade8287]

It's where we truly belong, not in war's for the mega rich who'll never put themselves in harms way themselves.

[@rtmlandscapingjunkremoval1875]

Great channel. Love the vids. Very informative.

[@JerryDLTN]

Acting to avoid AWOL?

[@ScoutSniper3124]

I wonder if he got BACKPAY for those years in the Jungle by the Japanese military, and did they Retire him with benefits?

[@spinningbackkick6021]

No. What did he do?

[@Islander_Vibes670]

its chamorros not chamarros

[@brucefranklin1317]

Poor dude born in a time of racism and war... i pity him. I wonder how his 30 years went. At least he wasnt in no more war. Living a solitary life

[@OTMaraH]

Hey i was born march 31!!

[@119jle]

Who cares

[@myflock000]

hey already new video nice ty! definitely interesting great video!

[@MarJread]

0:57 that is not the spelling and pronounciation of Chamorros

[@ronniewhitehead6968]

Kensukes kingdom

[@jasonlopez5913]

Excited

[@skepticskull]

I think I've heard about him before

[@lericosalvador3772]

The heck is a "shamaro?" Chamorro (chu•maw•row)

[@babylonsburning1]

A real soldier.

[@jeffclark7888]

True.

[@largeformat942]

Amazing he built a life for himself in the jungle but how did he get his email?

[@tomcatt998]

🐌 mail 🤣

[@IfUSeekAndy]

Thanks for the info! Another great vid!

[@xiongmatt]

Asians are skillful in jungle warfare and survival. We don’t need to shrivel tv show. It’s instinct in our blood,,😅😂

[@MasterKenfucius]

Suggestion for you: Adding fake dust flying around on the videos is very distracting. It's hard to pay attention with all that junk flying around.

[@119jle]

We can’t even get generation Z to show up to work on time or at all

[@peterkirgan2921]

Personally I would have thrown him in jail served a sentence but given him utmost care humanitarily!!!! Lol

[@lugd441]

This guy and hiroo onoda should be friends

[@pssst_cute]

Hes beyond scared... Scared ...shame

[@balboa32]

How did he hear the news that they died from a flood

[@jdacosta443]

Smoke signals

[@donnageorge6506]

awesome narration n story ty for that

[@pssst_cute]

Hero? Hes scared..hero? Shameless...

[@louispoliskie7708]

Really good content. Fantastic upload.

[@sunshinevalley0]

Who’s here from a podcast?

[@danielmurphy4429]

My Uncle, aunt and cousins have lived on Guam since the mid sixties, with Joe Murphy running the local newspaper. I remember he called my dad, telling him of the capture of this extraordinary soldier and hoping to secure the rights to his remarkable story.

[@Gia39]

It’s Chamorros not Chamarros

[@alphabacks5089]

I cant imagine hearing about the nuclear explosion and still want to fight .

[@frankiefernandez9225]

❤️❤️❤️🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺

[@josemonteiro6112]

Estes foram os maiores bandidos da história, tiveram o merecido, foram trucidados.

[@freeagent8225]

I remember this story, I've spent over 60 years hiding in my city😅.

[@cbm2156]

He must have been very old, plus I am sure his enlistment had run out long ago.

[@aureissimus]

They didn't show the newsreel of when he descended from the plane and met his parents after so many years. How did they react? They bowed to each other.

[@jshicke]

I arrived in Guam a year after he was finally captured.

[@BSU55]

The 3 Japanese in the Philippines lasted 29 years.

[@kareneyescream4339]

love the story!!

[@jeremyuptown9800]

Did he kill anyone while he was hiding after he knew the war had ended?

[@mansuetobadionurbangardene1748]

Nice video. Narration is clear.

[@aislinnkeilah7361]

Amazing survival story.

[@АндрейТоковенко-п2т]

Уважение.

[@richardhewitt1648]

My father fought the Japanese and when these stories came out he would say one word...deserter?? Ric from Oz 🙍‍♂️🇭🇲🦘😎👍

[@ledenhimeganidleshitz144]

He must be owed a lot of back pay!

[@thomasrobinette3227]

Did they say John wick?

[@inigochicano]

Bro is better at hiding than the Vietnamese

[@123watc]

Incredible story ❤

[@bruceyung70]

Great job! Promoted!

[@fury9228]

Hell oqay is qar yu may is qar

[@fury9228]

Yu may is qar yu mau

[@alanmiller9681]

I have been to the spot on Guam where he was discovered. The most remote part of the island.

[@cafe3682]

The last chicken 🍗 on the plate

[@lemuellopena1157]

he is interacting with hiroo onoda

[@seggbefsz]

KAMASZUKA!

[@Ratatouillesky]

John wick?

[@angelaortiz3406]

Good one That was interesting

[@Cam-jl6yo]

Those editing skills👌

[@livilou5075]

This was awesome, loved the narration!

[@eugen189763987689379]

6:30 - so much orbs!