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Museum honoring ex-wartime straggler Shoichi Yokoi opens

NAGOYA, Japan - Mihoko Yokoi, widow of Shoichi Yokoi, a former Japanese soldier who spent over 26 years in the jungles of Guam without knowing World War II had ended, stands inside a recreated cave in a museum in Nagoya's Nakagawa Ward on June 24. Shoichi Yokoi, who returned to Japan in 1972, spent most of his time in such a cave.

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Shoichi YOKOI

Shown in the photo was Shoichi YOKOI, a former Japanese soldier who made a dramatic return to Japan on Jan. 24, 1972, after living in the jungles of Guam for more than 26 years without knowing World War II had ended. He died of a heart attack at a Nagoya hospital on Sept. 22, 1997. He was 82. He said upon arrival at Tokyo's Haneda airport that he felt ''ashamed to come home'' alive, 31 years after he left Japan for fighting in the war.

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Yokoi Shoichi died

Shoichi YOKOI, a former Japanese soldier who made a dramatic return to Japan on Jan. 24, 1972, after living in the jungles of Guam for more than 26 years without knowing World War II had ended. He died of a heart attack at a Nagoya hospital on Sept. 22. He was 82.

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Shoichi YOKOI

Shown in the photo was Shoichi YOKOI, a former Japanese soldier who made a dramatic return to Japan on Jan. 24, 1972, after living in the jungles of Guam for more than 26 years without knowing World War II had ended. He died of a heart attack at a Nagoya hospital on Sept. 22, 1997. He was 82. He said upon arrival at Tokyo's Haneda airport that he felt ''ashamed to come home'' alive, 31 years after he left Japan for fighting in the war. (Photo was taken in January, 1972 when he was rescured in Guam.)

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Exhibition on Japan's WWII 'no surrender' soldier

A photograph of Shoichi Yokoi, a sergeant who held out in a remote part of the jungles of Guam for nearly three decades without knowing that World War II had ended, and the clothes he wore then are on display at Nagoya City Museum on Oct. 16, 2015. A total of 92 utensils he used during his 28 years of hiding will be exhibited until Nov. 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Museum honoring ex-wartime straggler Shoichi Yokoi opens

NAGOYA, Japan - Mihoko Yokoi, widow of Shoichi Yokoi, a former Japanese soldier who spent over 26 years in the jungles of Guam without knowing World War II had ended, stands inside a recreated cave in a museum in Nagoya's Nakagawa Ward on June 24. Shoichi Yokoi, who returned to Japan in 1972, spent most of his time in such a cave. (Kyodo)