MP3 of the Day

On this day in 1972, local farmers in Guam discovered Shoichi Yokoi, a Japanese sergeant who was unaware that World War II had ended. He had been hiding in the jungle for 28 years. In 1944,Yokoi was left behind by retreating Japanese forces and went into hiding rather than surrender to the Americans. In the jungles of Guam, he carved survival tools and for the next three decades waited for the return of the Japanese and his next orders. After he was discovered in 1972, he was finally discharged and sent home to Japan, where he was hailed as a national hero. He subsequently married and returned to Guam for his honeymoon. Today we have demo version of A Lover Sings by BILLY BRAGG from his Brewing Up with Billy Bragg album released in 1984.