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Before hiding in the jungles, Yokoi was stationed on Guam as part of which unit?

  • 29th Infantry Division

  • 14th Tank Regiment

  • 7th Air Force Battalion

  • 3rd Naval Battalion

Answer

The 29th Infantry Division, of which Yokoi was a member, was deployed to Guam as part of the Japanese forces defending the island during World War II. Following the American capture of Guam in July 1944, Yokoi and a small group of soldiers retreated into the island's dense jungles, where they remained hidden for nearly three decades.
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