![]() ![]() 260 says that the Taiwanese government chose to match the total amount Nakamura received from the Japanese government and charitable donations in Japan, but in that case the current text would still be misleading. Nakamura was the last documented Japanese soldier, albeit himself Taiwanese, to finally be convinced the Second World War was over.and had been for nearly three decades. Stationed on the Indonesian island of Morotai, Mr. ![]() The GBooks preview doesn't currently give page numbers, so it's possible that the paragraph I'm reading (which begins "Not surprisingly, this sum.") is not the one being cited as appearing on p. Teruo Nakamura's great war ended in December 1974. The source actually says that, following public outcry (from both Japanese who wished to welcome Nakamura home as a Japanese war vet and Taiwanese residents of Japan), the government made an exception for Nakamura and offered him \3.5 million in total, to which was added \750,000 in public donations, with the implication being that these donations came from the aforementioned Japanese citizens and Japan-resident Taiwanese. T he Second World War, which broke out on September 1, 1939, was the greatest war to date. Teruo Nakamura (, Nakamura Teruo, born Attun Palalin also known as Suniuo 8 October 1919 15 June 1979) was a Taiwanese-Japanese soldier of the Imperial Japanese Army who fought for Japan in World War II and did not surrender until 1974. The source says the 4.25 mil came from the Japanese government and donors in Japan, not the Taiwanese government as the article text currently claims. The story of Nakamura, a Japanese soldier who kept on fighting for 30 years. The Lonely Life Of Teruo Nakamura, The World War II Soldier Who Stayed At His Post For 30 Years Published Updated The 'last of the last' of the World War II holdouts, Teruo Nakamura refused to believe the war had ended and lived in a tiny hut on Indonesia's Morotai Island until he was discovered in 1974. ![]()
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