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Masashi Itō

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War years and post war survival
Surrender
Later life
References

{{Nihongo|Masashi Itō|伊藤正||1921–2004}} was a machine-gunner^[1] and sergeant in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second World War. He was among the last hold-outs to surrender after the war ended.

War years and post war survival

When the Americans invaded Guam in July 1944, Masashi was separated from his unit.^[1] He hid with two other soldiers and learned to survive in the jungle.^[1] For sixteen years, he hid even after finding leaflets declaring that the war had ended.^[4]

Surrender

When the last of his companions, Bunzō Minagawa (皆川文蔵), was captured by woodsmen in 1960, Masashi was convinced to surrender on 23 May 1960 and was treated at a nearby American military base.^[1]^[6]

Later life

Masashi married on January 7, 1961,^[4] and had a daughter. A movie was made about his life. He later worked as a watchman for the Toei Motion Picture Company in Tokyo.^[4] He wrote a book about his experiences entitled The Emperor's Last Soldiers, published in 1967.

References

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3 : 1921 births|2004 deaths|Japanese holdouts

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