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Hiroo Onoda, the Japanese WW2 holdout who surrendered in 1974, had an incredible true story. But in 2005, Yoshio Yamakawa, 87, and Tsuzuki Nakauchi, 85, emerged from the Philippine jungle and claimed to be holdouts as well. Was their story ever verified?

by /u/killahamron in /r/AskHistorians

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