
Japanese Soldier Shoichi Yokoi Overcome with Emotion on Return to Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan – Shoichi Yokoi, the Japanese soldier who spent 28 years hiding in the jungles of Guam after World War II, returned to Tokyo on February 2nd, 1972 to a hero’s welcome. Yokoi, 57, was discovered by two fishermen on January 24th, 1972 living in a cave and surviving on a diet of coconuts…