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True Story of Japanese Holdouts · D-constructing Topics

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  What's going on everybody and what's going on folks?
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  My name is David and I'm your legendary host of this legendary podcast.
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  Let's go and doing my thing here. You already know.
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  I'm making my moves. I'm over here traveling out
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  abroad in my beautiful island of Puerto Rico doing a
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  little nice little podcast and I figure why not
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  kind of leave it on the theme of hey
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  listen I'm surrounded by a lot of trees and palm trees
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  and a lot of wonderful natural things and I
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  said you know what I there's something that a lot of people don't know and it's
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  I found some amazing stories of what I'm about to talk but once again it's your
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  boy deconstructed topic podcast don't what I mean I'm still a little bit of
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  jet lag you know what I mean you know for the first time.
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  That I could record I travel overnight and
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  it's not bad you know what I mean for those people that do
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  the overnight because it's not that crowded whatever the case
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  I think that the plane was 80 percent but kind of
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  waking up and being early in the morning huh
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  you know it takes a toll because it throws
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  you off especially for those people who tend to wake
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  up at 4 30 in the morning four o'clock
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  in the morning to start their day but there's a difference when
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  you start the day like that or you end the day at that
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  time so you know it's one of those deals where
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  hey we making it happen you already know it's the deconstructing topic podcast
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  so doing just doing my thing doing our thing doing something and you know the
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  other day I was uh kind of like uh trying to remember some of these shows that
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  I used to watch for those out there you already know, hit that sub,
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  Have you guys ever seen the show for those who are of age?
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  Gilligan's Island Yeah,
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  I think that's that show Where people got lost in an island Whatever,
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  their boat crashed Or something to that effect You already know it's a famous
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  show From back in those days In the 70s, 80s I think it might be on syndication
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  Check it out If you have not seen Gilligan's Island,
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  Check it out You know, for those who like comedy You know, you got The Captain You got Gilligan,
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  You got the lady, I forgot her name Ruby, I don't know But you already know,
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  it's a show with a bunch of Different characters that just get stuck in an island
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  And I'm saying to myself Wow, they get stuck in an island You know what I mean?
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  What's new and why can't you tell that it's a comedy But I always I always,
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  Remember the show, there was an episode Of a Japanese soldier Now when I was
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  young You know, I didn't understand why There was a show of this Japanese.
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  Soldier who apparently looks lost like what the hell he came from you know what i mean,
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  and you know sadly for the people that's
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  around me they were just watching the show but they know the
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  story about why there was a japanese how can i say soldier in a show that has
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  to do with the 70s now for those out there you know i'll tell you a little bit
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  of history as you already know that Japan was part of the other side fighting
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  against the United States in World War II.
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  I believe it's the access of power or something to that effect with the Germany,
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  the Nazi Germans and whatnot.
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  So, you know, Japan and so on. And, you know, Japan located in the Pacific,
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  doing their little Pacific thing, invading other little small islands,
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  whether it's Singapore, whether it's China and so on and so forth.
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  So there was a lot of war going on in the theaters of the Pacific So basically, a lot of stuff going on,
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  It's a little backstory just so that you could understand. So we got World War
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  II. It ended officially, my understanding, in 1945.
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  What have happened in the story that I did not know, and it's the story behind Gilligan's Island,
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  is that there were Japanese soldiers who were located, let's say,
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  either they were prisoners of war in Australia and other countries like that,
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  or they were still fighting in these smaller islands, you know, that's in the Pacific.
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  You know, the Pacific is full of beautiful, smaller islands.
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  And basically, those Japanese soldiers did not, how can I say,
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  get the transmission that the war was over.
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  Because they were just somewhere in the island.
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  My understanding is that the individual in the show, the Japanese soldier was
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  in a submarine. And for some reason, he did not get instruction.
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  I'm trying to remember the episode here.
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  You know, I did try to watch it on YouTube But I was like, you know what,
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  let me just do this Because, you know, I'm an emotional person You know what I mean?
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  And when I want to talk about something And I just want to talk about it,
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  I get the urge I got to talk about it now.
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  I'll watch the show later, but I'm just off the ports at what I remember.
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  It's a crazy interesting story because there was one, and I think the most known,
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  it was Heru Nondu, something to that effect.
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  And when I'm doing this little podcast, you know, I do my little research, so on and so forth.
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  But me growing up, and especially in high school, I had a tremendous high school
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  teacher, especially my social study history teacher, shout out to him.
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  He'll tell me He'll tell me about some of these stories You know,
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  not in great length But, you know, a little kind of tip beat You know what I mean?
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  We're talking about like 30 years ago And I'm like, wow So the interesting story,
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  Is again, the war ended in 1945.
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  Now my understanding The Gilligan show is like in the 70s So there were Japanese
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  soldiers Or what they call holdouts That were stuck in these places For 20, 15, 20, 25 years,
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  I think 30 years was probably like the last one in the early 80s.
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  Hebrew, Hindu, I believe it's the Indian individual.
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  Keep in mind is this. So you're a Japanese soldier.
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  And also what I've, you know, hear articles, you know, from what I've read articles
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  is that there were Japanese soldiers that they didn't want to give up.
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  They were being insubordinate to their superiors. And basically,
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  there's like, you know what, there's no way that we've given up or there's no way we give up.
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  Because give in mind, it's this. When Japan surrender, my understanding is that
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  they surrender on a vote of three to two.
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  And that difference would have been the, I don't know if they call the prime minister of Japan.
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  He's the big top dog What they call president He's the emperor of Japan And
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  basically he was that individual That made the tiebreaker So in other words,
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  if it's not him Voting to end and to surrender.
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  The rest is history sadly Japan definitely would have been A much,
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  much different country As
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  we speak because of that Because God knows The
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  American war machine That would have just been
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  destroying that little that island just to
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  oblivion you know what i mean so you already know
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  that also because of the there were stories
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  because of the atomic bomb basically
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  now always keep in mind there was two atomic bombs Hiroshima being the first
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  one August 6th but i'm not mistaken the second one August 9th so there were
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  soldiers who thought that they that Japan was wiped out you know what i mean
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  that it was that's it so like why are they gonna go back why are they They're gonna try to go back.
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  So these Japanese hozans, I think there were hundreds of them and it's like
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  for one to think like, wow, that's crazy.
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  Like we live in a world and at that time, and even now that we still have indigenous
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  people and another story of where there's one story in Brazil,
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  and the individual indigenous that live in the Amazon rainforest.
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  For years by himself. The man in the hole is what they call him.
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  And every time regular civilians try to approach him, because sadly what happened
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  in the Amazon forest or the rainforest, you have these companies want to cut
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  down the trees. You already know.
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  So coming across this individual, he don't even know who the hell are you.
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  So every time somebody of, let's say, more modern setting, let's say me,
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  hey, like, yo, what's good?
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  Yo, yo, my man, like, I need to make space Here you need to get out even though
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  this is your land You know what I mean and the dude don't know Who the hell
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  I am now my mind is like I know you indigenous,
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  But as an indigenous Person who might not have seen other people You probably
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  say like who the hell Are you you know what I mean Ready with their spears You
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  know what I mean their coconut Grenades and all that,
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  They're ready to blow motherfuckers out Sorry for the language I apologize If
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  you got family in there it's Motherflowers you know what I mean.
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  But just going back to that just you know these
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  are the interesting stories that i like to hear because it's like like
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  wow wow wow like you know what i mean especially with the japanese holdouts
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  you know to live there like 20 15 20 years in these little islands surviving
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  based on whatever the natural that's why i was like let me make an episode that
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  has that that little natural theme And I'm over here surrounded by these beautiful,
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  beautiful, nice natural trees,
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  palm trees I can see some of them with coconuts, you know what I mean?
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  Not because Puerto Rico here We have kind of been moving on,
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  kind of trying to develop In a sense to make or create more urban spaces Sadly,
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  some of these beautiful trees, natural trees, they get knocked down.
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  If you was in those Japanese soldiers that was in these little islands,
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  you basically, nature is what kept you alive.
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  Mother nature and all the nature is what kept you alive and survived.
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  My understanding is there's no more holdouts. But sadly, I was reading an article.
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  Sadly, there are those people who want to recognize because sadly what happened is this.
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  A lot of those holdouts, they not want to go back. They not want to fight.
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  Some might have been what they call a war, in a sense.
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  For those who don't know the term, you know, a war could be where,
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  let's say, you're in the military, there's a war.
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  And you decide, you know what, I'm out. And there's been those who deserted.
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  There's those who have deserted during war in many sides.
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  Whether it's American side, whatever side.
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  So you're kind of going to say, ah, these people are, how can I say,
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  they're deserters, traitors.
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  They abandon us. You know what I mean? So basically there are those who are
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  fighting for these individuals to get that recognition.
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  And, you know, it's one of those things that at the same time,
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  because Japan, even though Japan, rich history,
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  culture, its own people, beautiful people, the fact is that United States, you know, it creeps up.
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  And United States has always, and when I'm going to say United States,
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  the powers that be, Whether it's in Puerto Rico,
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  Dominican Republic Any other country Whenever
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  the United States steps in And has their hands on these things They want to
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  make sure that Your people don't know the history Because it's very interesting
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  That despite those that you feel traitor There are those who Who did not want
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  to quit And still battle Wow,
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  Japanese holdouts is what they call them And then the other story is The man
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  in a hole which again, it's one of those things that it gives you that theme,
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  that vibe. What would you do?
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  What would you do if you was a soldier?
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  And you know that your country laws and you're in a little island.
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  You're going to fight or you're going to survive. You know what I mean?
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  And a lot of them, a lot of these Japanese soldiers, they found them with weapons.
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  There are some that were conscious, you know, because it was hundreds.
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  And, you know, these different.
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  I cannot say little clusters of different stories because, again,
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  they all, a lot of them were part of a certain regiment.
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  There are those who might have, let's say, survived, but they had wounds,
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  let's say gunshot wounds, grenades, whatever. They might have passed away during the years.
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  So interesting story. Japanese holdouts is basically the little story.
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  When I saw that Gilligan's Island episode, once again, I'm like,
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  you know. Because you got to keep in mind this, that you already know the propaganda
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  when it comes to the United States.
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  And even in general, the propaganda in the United States has always been,
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  if you're not an outside, we're being true,
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  whether it's through the movies, cartoons, as someone who is ugly,
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  and we already know the history with Japan,
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  black Americans, you know african-americans spanish people
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  we get stereotype as this villain ugly
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  looking non-attractive you know what i mean so that
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  individual with the japanese soldier they just say they're trying to paint him
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  as a villain of the most other villains you know what i mean but anyways so
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  much check it out all the links going to be this in the description what an
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  interesting episode little short episode so just give you an idea of these little
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  stories that you'd be like,
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  well, Thanksgiving is around the corner. Why not have a story to tell?
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  Japanese holdouts. Let's get it. Did you know I was listening to the Deconstructing
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  Topic podcast and what I learned there is about Japanese holdouts from World
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  War II. Let's get it. Much love.
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  And I'm out of here. You already know.
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  The legend continues.
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