File:Shoichi Yokoi Jan31 1972.jpg

newspaper photograph, original clipping -- New York Public Library Picture Collection. This is the published caption: "His first haircut in 28 years: Shoichi Yokoi, Japanese sergeant who survived in Guam jungles, in Agana."

New York Public Library Picture Collection, unnumbered original newspaper clipping; New York Times. January 31, 1972.

Shoichi Yokoi

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This newspaper photograph of Yokoi's first haircut in 28 years is the record of an event. The image documents Yokoi's first ordinary contact with another person after avoiding all contact for many years. This event was a documented step in Sergeant Yokoi's transformation from solitary soldier to the radically different role of worldwide celebrity. The significance of the photo is to help the reader identify the event, assure the readers that they have reached the right article containing critical commentary about this historical figure, and illustrate an event in this un-ordinary soldier's life in a way that words alone could not convey.

Because it is an old widely published photograph, there is almost certainly no free equivalent. Any substitute that is not a derivative work would fail to convey the meaning intended, would tarnish or misrepresent its image, or would fail its purpose of identification or commentary

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