Yokoi's Cave

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Yokoi's Cave
Yokoicave.jpg
Recreation of the cave at Talofofo Falls
LocationAddress restricted[2]
Nearest cityTalofofo, Guam
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1944 (1944)
NRHP reference No.80004244[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 16, 1980

Yokoi's Cave refers to the cave on the island of Guam in which Imperial Japanese Army Sergeant Shoichi Yokoi hid until he was discovered in 1972. Yokoi and several companions hid in the area for more than 25 years (since Japan's defeat in the 1944 Battle of Guam), two of them dying in the cave; their remains were found in the cave after Yokoi's surrender. The original cave was destroyed by a typhoon, so a replica was created near the original cave. The replica bears the same name as the original cave, and is a tourist attraction in Talofofo Falls Resort Park in the village of Talofofo.[3]

The original cave was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Federal and state laws and practices restrict general public access to information regarding the specific location of this resource. In some cases, this is to protect archeological sites from vandalism, while in other cases it is restricted at the request of the owner. See: Knoerl, John; Miller, Diane; Shrimpton, Rebecca H. (1990), Guidelines for Restricting Information about Historic and Prehistoric Resources, National Register Bulletin, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, OCLC 20706997.
  3. ^ "Visit Cave of Shoichi Yokoi, Last Japanese Soldier on Guam". The Guam Guide. Retrieved 2015-07-06.


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