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Teruo Nakamura
Birth name
Attun Palalin
Born
(1919-10-08)8 October 1919 Toran, Taitō Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan
Died
15 June 1979(1979-06-15) (aged 59) Donghe, Taitung, Taiwan
Allegiance
Empire of Japan
Service/branch
Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service
1943–1945 (continued service until 1974)
Rank
Private
Unit
4th Takasago Volunteer Unit 高砂義勇隊
Battles/wars
World War II
Battle of Morotai
Teruo Nakamura (中村 輝夫, Nakamura Teruo, born Attun Palalin;[1][2] also known as Suniuo;[3][4] 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. He was the last known Japanese holdout to surrender after the end of hostilities in 1945.
^"The Last Last Soldier?", Time, 13 January 1975, archived from the original on 1 February 2009
^Munsterhjelm, Mark (2014). Living Dead in the Pacific: Racism and Sovereignty in Genetics Research on Taiwan Aborigines. University of British Columbia Press. p. 224 fn.8. ISBN 978-0-7748-2659-4.
^Cite error: The named reference holdout was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Han Cheung (16 September 2018). "Taiwan in Time: Abandoned by the rising sun". Taipei Times. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
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Imperial Japanese Army