Teruo Nakamura
Teruo Nakamura | |
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| Birth name | Attun Palalin |
| Born | 8 October 1919 |
| Died | 15 June 1979 (aged 59) |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Branch | Imperial Japanese Army |
| Service years | 1943–1974 |
| Rank | Private |
| Unit | 4th Takasago Volunteer Unit 高砂義勇隊 |
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Teruo Nakamura (中村 輝夫, Nakamura Teruo; Zhōngcūn Huīfū; born Attun Palalin; also known as Suniuo (史尼育唔) and by an adopted Chinese name Lee Kuang-hui (李光輝, Lǐ Guānghuī); 8 October 1919 – 15 June 1979) was an ethnically Taiwanese Aborigine soldier of the Imperial Japanese Army who fought for Japan in World War II and did not surrender until 1974, holding out in the island of Morotai. He was the last known Japanese holdout to surrender after the end of hostilities in 1945.