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Yokoi Shoichi (横井 庄一, March 31, 1915 - September 22, 1997) was drafted into the Imperial Japanese Army in 1941 and sent to Guam during the Japanese occupation there. He went into hiding on Guam in 1944, when Douglas MacArthur's army reconquered the island. He was born in Saori, Aichi Prefecture.In January of 1972, Sergeant Yokoi was found by two hunters in a remote part of Guam, and he was repatriated to Japan a month later. After a whirlwind media tour of Japan, he was married and settled down in rural Aichi prefecture. After living alone in a cave for 27 years, Yokoi became a popular television personality, and an advocate for austere living. He was featured in a 1977 documentary called Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam .
He received an audience with Emperor Akihito in 19911991 like 2002, is a palindromic year. It also has the same calendar as 2002, including Easter on March 31. It is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January January 2 Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of Washington, DC becoming the first blac, which he called the greatest honor of his life.
He died of a heart attackplaque builds up in the walls of blood vessels. Acute myocardial infarction AMI or MI , commonly known as heart attack is a serious, sudden heart condition characterized by varying degrees of chest pain, weakness, sweating, nausea, and vomiting, sometimes at the age of 82, and is now buried at a Nagoya cemetery, under a gravestone that was initially commissioned by Yokoi's mother in 19551955 is a common year starting on Saturday. see link for calendar) Events January events January 2 Panama president Jose Antonio Remon is assassinated. January 19 The Scrabble board game debuts. February events February 8 Nikolai Bulganin ousts Georgi Mal.
Shoichi, Yokoi
Shoichi, Yokoi
