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Japanese Army Stragglers and

Memories of the War in Japan,

1950–1975

This book comprehensively charts the discovery and repatriation between 1950

and 1975, of so-called ‘stragglers’ – Japanese soldiers who had remained in

hiding overseas, unwilling to believe the war was over – still ﬁghting the Second

World War on the edges of former battleﬁelds in South-East Asia and the Paciﬁc.

It explores their return to Japan and their impact on the Japanese people,

revealing changing attitudes to war veterans and war casualties’ families, as well

as the ambivalence of memories of the war.

Beatrice Trefalt lectures in East Asian History in the School of Liberal Arts,

University of Newcastle, New South Wales.

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13 Japanese Army Stragglers and Memories of the War in Japan, 1950–1975

Beatrice Trefalt

Japanese Army Stragglers and

Memories of the War in Japan,

1950–1975

Beatrice Trefalt

First published 2003

by RoutledgeCurzon

11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada

by RoutledgeCurzon

29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001

RoutledgeCurzon is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group

This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2004.

# 2003 Beatrice Trefalt

reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic,

mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter

invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any

information storage or retrieval system, without permission in

writing from the publishers.

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ISBN 0-203-48047-3 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN 0-203-33754-9 (Adobe eReader Format)

(Print Edition)

ISBN 0–415–31218–3

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