Asian Theater
★ Deep Cut
1974
Last Japanese Holdout Found in 1974
📍 Morotai Island, Indonesia
Teruo Nakamura, an indigenous Taiwanese conscript, was discovered in a cave on Morotai Island in December 1974 after living alone in the jungle for nearly 30 years. Still wearing Japanese military clothes and fighting a war ended 29 years earlier. Found by Indonesian patrol, repatriated to Taiwan to reunite with his sister.
Sources
Japanese Ministry of Health