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New Yorker Writer Visits Guam
C.J. Kahn, a writer for the New Yorker, visited Guam – Kahn focused on the World War II straggler search that involved Bunzo Minagawa and Mushashi Ito
Official Farewell
OFFICIAL FAREWELL – Japanese government officials who were in Guam to help direct the search for stragglers reported here pay a courtesy call on Acting Governor Denver Dickerson before their departure. Left to right are: Gonzo Hiroshi, head of the…
Japanese Wind Up Straggler Search Photo 2
LAST RITES – Heads bowed, members of the Japanese government team which has been searching for stragglers wait for fire to consume the bones of Japanese troops who died on the island. The funeral ceremony took place on the beach at Lujana. Left to…
Japanese Wind Up Straggler Search Photo 1
THEY DIED HERE – In a cave at the base of the cliff in the Lujana area, Bunzo Minagawa (l) and Gonzo Hiroishi (r) collect the shattered bones of former Japanese soldiers who were killed in mop-op operations after the American invasion
Straggler Search Continues
Captain Quintanilla from the Guam Police explained that the search for suspected Japanese stragglers continues this week – the search parameters will extend now to the northern and eastern sides of the island
Jungle Diary Photo 4
THE JUGNLE’S TOLL – The picture shows the remains of Mr. Tetsuo Unno, a Japanese straggler who lived with Bunzo Minagawa and Musashi Ito in the jungle south of Talofofo. Unno died of illness in 1948
Jungle Diary Photo 3
BUNZO MINAGAWA – Resting in a chair at Naval Hospital, Bunzo Minagawa awaits his captors’ next move. The picture was taken shortly after he was recovered from the jungle in 1960, and he thought he was going to be killed
Jungle Diary Photo 2
PRAYER CEREMONY – Japanese officials and interpreters visited a shrine to Japanese war dead at Naval Station last weekend. They burned incense and offered prayers for the success of the search for two reported stragglers which is presently underway.…
Jungle Diary
The Jungle Diary is a recount of Bunzo Minagawa’s time as a World War II straggler and his time in the jungle
