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2023-07-25 00:53:54 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 89F42F4C724449931ED5EA272C95E32F7AD4443D2FF9CEDCC9E46AC85AC92EA0
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The 216 figure only includes the number of POWs captured during the battle. A large number of Japanese soldiers went into hiding and were captured at a later point. Over one thousand Japanese soldiers were eventually captured: https://www.ww2online.org/image/japanese-prisoners-war-being-evacuated-iwo-jima-island-japan-1945
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