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We Got This Covered
We Got This Covered
Jordan Collins

Woman was stranded on an island with 32 men for 6 years. Then the secrets of those years began to unravel

Towards the end of the second world war, in 1944, the small island of Anatahan would see a large group of shipwrecked Japanese soldiers crash ashore. The island, situated in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, had been home to Kazuko Higa and her husband.

When Kazuko returned from the island she was hailed as a hero, but the truth of what happened over the course of six years was no doubt traumatic for her.

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