The boys talk about the '90s TV series Dinosaurs for awhile before Andrew tells the story of the Japanese soldiers who fought in World War II, and rather than surrender, fled to the jungles to live in isolation for decades after the war ended.
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Sources:
Shoichi Yokoi
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japanese-soldier-found-hiding-on-guam
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-16681636
https://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/26/world/shoichi-yokoi-82-is-dead-japan-soldier-hid-27-years.html
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/from-the-archives-1972-wwii-soldier-found-alive-after-28-years-in-jungle-20200121-p53tbh.html
Hiroo Onoda
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/18/world/asia/hiroo-onoda-imperial-japanese-army-officer-dies-at-91.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/17/hiroo-onoda-japanese-soldier-dieshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/hiroo-onoda-japanese-soldier-who-hid-in-philippine-jungle-for-29-years-dies-at-91/2014/01/17/7016d806-7f8b-11e3-93c1-0e888170b723_story.html
Ishinosuke Uwano
https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/19/world/asia/60-years-after-the-war-japanese-soldier-returns.html
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/12374095/ns/world_news-europe/t/ex-japanese-army-soldier-found-ukraine/#.Xr4BYGhKjIU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_yp2mvLhfI
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4921396.stm
Teruo Nakamura and possible still surviving holdouts
https://www.nytimes.com/1974/12/30/archives/japanese-soldier-found-after-hiding-30-years.html
https://www.history.com/news/6-soldiers-who-refused-to-surrender
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/60-years-in-hiding-for-wwii-soldiers/
