[ENCORE] The Empire's Last Solider (29 Years, 3 Months, and 16 Days)

The last Japanese "holdout" of World War II was an
Indigenous Amis Taiwanese named Attun Palalin, but in
Japanese Formosa, he was Nakamura Teruo (中村 輝夫). Palalin was
one of a group of Indigenous Taiwanese who served in the Japanese
military as part of the Takasago Volunteer Unit 高砂義勇隊.
The Takasago Unit was built on the idea that Indigenous
Taiwanese were best suited for guerilla-style fighting in
Southeast Asian jungles as they could live off the land and were
accustomed to tropical climates, etc. Several thousand
Indigenous men were recruited. Many Formosans served under
the flag of the Rising Sun with distinction during the
Second World War; no one, however, was apparently more dedicated
than "The Empire's Last Solider," Attun Palalin, who
kept "fighting" on an island in modern-day Indonesia until
1974! Enjoy your summer, catch up on episodes, and check out this
encore episode, first released in October 2021.