after WW 2 how many American soldiers lost their lives while still
stationed in Germany and Japan in the 5 years after the war?

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 04 Nov 2003 18:05 PST

Hello tellurntime-ga,

Are you looking for just a simple figure of number of soldiers lost in
Germany and Japan after WWII -- many of these deaths were accidents
(car crashes, etc), or were along the line of barroom brawls that got
out of hand, rather than deaths from enemy insurgents.

Perhaps you can let us know a bit more about what, specifically,
you're looking for.

pafalafa-ga

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Clarification of Question by tellumtime-ga on 04 Nov 2003 19:12 PST

how many were military personel were kill by enemy German or Japanese
insergents who would not give up and kept fighting americans up to 5
years after the war?

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 04 Nov 2003 20:31 PST

The answer is pretty much:  "zero".  

I answered a very similar question to yours not that long ago, which
you can see here:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=255530

If you need additional information beyond this, let me know.  

pafalafa-ga

Curiously enough, there were Japanese soldiers in the Philippines who
did not surrender until many years after the war had ended, but they
lived solitary lives and seemed not to have carried on any resistance.

hlabadie-ga

Hlabadie is referring to Hiroo Onoda, one of four stragglers who
stayed on Lubang Island after the war. WW2 was over and they didn't
know it. Of the four, one found the truth and surrendered early, two
were killed and Onoda was the last left, and didn't surrender until
his former commanding officer in WW2 was brought back to order him to
stand down in 1974. It turns out the stragglers had killed some locals
and had several clashes with local police.