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2023-07-24 18:41:12 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: B64D63398B42165EFD07C8B73E6E606FF8070CC16A6D193DC576E82B4066AA78
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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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