Yamashita's Gold: The Hunt For Japan's Buried WW2 Treasure | Myth Hunters | War Stories
Delve into the legend of General Tomoyuki Yamashita and his fabled gold, a treasure hoard worth over $100 billion today. Follow amateur treasure hunter Roger Roxas on his lifelong quest, uncovering the covert operations of the Golden Lily and the treacherous aftermath. Join us as we explore the gripping tale of intrigue, scandal, and obsession, shedding light on one of history's greatest mysteries: Yamashita's Gold.
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I am a retired American came to the Philippines 14 years ago.I find it very pleasant and enjoyable here at 82 living totally on my SS each month it is a good life. Everything is so much cheaper here and there is nothing missing from what I found in the US, rnt so cheap, medical, food, transportation all so much less expensive. People very nice most speak good english, what more could a person ask for. MKL
Yamashita's gold, sir and the imperial remorse in other commentary. He us win back thiis life for the rest of US at bhakti exchange ene coin
What has that got to do with the video.. gold and the japanese? Nothing
This is not the video. Get lost
The philipino gang does not spot you yet.
You aren't American, may be phillippino.
Roger was too honest ........Jeez !!!!! ... He shud not have told anyone .... Roger was a true hero .... I hope he is at peace now ....
Yamashita treasure is not true. Whatever the Japanese looted, it's been transported to Japan Mainland for their emperor. It's not japanese like to bury gold.
@@Joanlow1440p maybe some have been brought to mainland, but not all. It was explained in the video (due to US Navy).
@@Joanlow1440pI have known people to have found the mythical treasure. It is a historical fact as stated in the video.
@@Joanlow1440p for me it could be true that the looted gold had been transported to Japan. However, i am pretty sure that Japanese did not use just one ship otherwise they have had stupid tactics. so maybe they have distributed amongst then others were halted by American troops since world war 2 had started during the transport. possibly other ships with gold in it when to the Philippines and hide somewhere since that time the Philippines was under Japan after conquered
Roger... May You Rest In Peace, And Your Soul Fly Free!!!
Fly where 😂
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Saw this story many years ago featured on Unsolved Mysteries. What an interesting/tragic tale. RIP Mr Rojas.
I’m hurting just from watching this. I can’t even fathom how Roger must have felt.
Well done documentary crew, the way you choreographed everything 👏👏👏 Really enjoyed this super engaging one, from story, to the story telling, to the music, to the archival footage...🏆
Really, it was a great war story shared by an excellent ( war stories) channel
My father was on Okinawa during WW2! There were a lot of other Marines who saw crates that we unopened in numerous caves,but were told to just do their jobs to fight the Japanese and ignore what they saw! At 18 years, he followed orders
Why would there be anything valuable be at Okinawa ? They knew it was happening, they sent supplies for the defense of Okinawa... They were going to dig in at the shore, hold the americans in the water and sink them !
Find and read 'Gold Warriors' by Sterling and Peggy Seagrave
I live here in the Philippines and we saw lots of signs of WW2 said signs of something that buried in the area.
A pity to Roger. Remarkable resilient and respect to him!
Nexnext time u feel sorry for japan because of atomic bombings. Remember all the engineers they buried alive for gold. Let alone Bataan death march.
The Philippines is so beautiful. Wish i could visit. .From Kenya here.
Well, I heard this story from my best friend who is from Philippines. For me what is more Precious is the Living Jewels, the unique Flora n fauna and enchanting Nature over there. I wanna visit to have rich experience of it. 🙏
Words of wisdom to anything searching for treasure, If you every find anything tell nobody and bury yourself in a secret location and wair years before you start cashing it in
You never tell anyone where you’re looking for gold! And he shouldn’t have asked for a permit!
Everybody talks about glamorous stuff like gold and diamonds, when it was other mundane items and materials that got lifted. A warehouse full of spices can easily wait a couple of years till things are quiet and the market opens up.
It’s still there!!!
A friend of mine had a mini sub in the late 80's and was hired by the Philippines to find a Japanese ship that had been sunk while transporting gold. He found potential wrecks and then Marcos pulled all finances so he had to leave the sub and went bankrupt, he never really got out of the funk and died a few years later...
This remain a legend, hearsays, theories, whatever you call it, still no solid proof but fascinating stories of our imagination....
Yes for dumb people this stays as You say it
This Yamashita gold is a great story. The truth is dont know what to believe.
now this is one carzy story
I visited it when i was 9 years old and i thought it was the most beautiful country that i have ever seen. i'm from canada and i thought they had the most beautiful beaches in the world. my uncle had a restaurant in manila.
If there was rumours of the treasure of yasimoto that would mean that someone else had to know about the places that is was buried at and they also had maps of the bobytraps as well so they could be able to get it if they were able to translate the codes on the maps
This was true according to the son of mr.Roxas. When my father was still living he told us a story about the yamashita treasure and it was real.
Americans shipped Philippine gold in multiple submarine trips. Estimate was 20 tons of gold.
you have the answer
That's only few. Most of the treasure hunter still find treasure. The hall Philippines island still full of hurried treasure until now
This is BS...
soo true, i read about US subs transporting gold, silver securities to diff US ports
@@tangel7409 And you actually believed it?
Marcos looted Roger then US looted MARCOS , Yamashita's gold the world was looking for.
That douglas mac arthur said i shall teturn that mean to say for the gold and mac arthur asign and one of guy to handle the looted gold in the phillippines and used to fund CIA.
Wow that's amazing looking
Sad story indeed suffer for no gain nothing horrible
Poor roger.
Indeed. 👍
This treasure is somewhere in Malaysia, and I hope someday some good people will find it
still many sites around besides the 175vip sites, estimate 1000+ smaller ones but also not easy to work...
An wonderfully story video of the Philippines The coconut secret 144
Two had found in our barangay. And this gold treasure is very true. Hopefully the rests will be found.
I have heard this treasure for over 30 years ago. I can’t believe it’s being hidden in Philippine.
"one of those bars are worth a thousand dollars" xD yeeeeeaaaa okkkay 35:30
Of the 175 areas where the treasure were hidden/buried, probably one of them was known by my father (deceased). He, with several other Filipinos, was asked by the Japanese soldiers to download drums from several trucks into a pit several meters wide in between hills. He was only lucky enough to run for his life when he learned the Japanese started killing one by one the Filipino helpers present in the area. He never told us the exact location of the area.
An uncle I know joined a group who still search for it. Our former mayor allegedly was successful to find gold bars near an old school. I've seen men dig nearby our home for gold bars though they were not successful. My great grandfather told stories about him seeing Japanese dig and bury gold bars near us but the Japanese took them back because the US soldiers are near. He was hiding at the top of a coconut tree they said.
The Americans got there hands on the gold before they left the Philippines
There had been rumors of some of the sites have already been discovered in Zambales and collected by local politicians. There is even one major site found inside the jungles of Subic Bay which was once under the control of the Americans. I’m sure most treasure hunters have learned from the mistakes of Roger and just collect the gold silently.
There is sign near to our village
Possible
here in philippines, if you found gold..its government property...but if you found drugs, its yourssss
Gov suxks
if you are interested in this story you can Watch Lost Gold of World War II by history channel it has 2 seasons, 3rd season is discontinued they where into siargao.
Yes I already watched that I didnt expect that there where hidden chambers to the places that I visited when I was in PI some of the places are intramuros and bgc
As if anything on History channel is true! Only the MOST GULLIBLE person would believe that!
I would have never told anyone I was looking for it
Somebody would have found out about it especially if he was going into the town to buy supplies somebody would have caught on if that's what he was doing
Well maybe so but I would not
Now the story repeat itself
My grandfather said ( I bet my life) the hundred of trunks were not removed
Roger was a thick guy. How could he even let anyone know he had found the gold?
The Intel was superb. CIA
He was betrayed someone who supposed to be the buyer
Roger really is the one to find one piece treasures...
Damn...
Now, I understand why many treasure hunters were in the Philippines in the 60's and 70's.
A very old story told many times over! Some true, some fabricated.
"...he died." Thats all. No how. Just the day before he wins the case. 🤨🤔🧐
175 sites, this is the only one found. Sus.
Read some other comments. Many treasures have already been found and different locations
Do not tell anyone if you found it
Yun nayung mga naka deposit sa ibang bansa...napaka wise ni Apo...
Well, this story is a good lesson to learn from 🤙!
Never trust anyone, just keep low and market your hidden treasure
Rojas could have been smarter hiding the found treasure
Maybe he did hide some of it 🤠
meanwhile somewhere in the South Pacific or SE Asia, lurking in a different bar, everyday a convincing person will be telling the story (to a new resident or tourist) of the lost /stolen Japanese gold and they think (no, they are certain) they know where it is, and can you buy a truck and an excavator... we'll go 50% each. They were there when they were a kid and saw it happen...... yeah, Na
I wonder where he got the map from?
Harrison Ford.
Spiderman
This seems to fanciful.
diri man gi bilin sa pinass kami lang kaiilangan makakuha ani
Philippines has a lot of story to tell but they don't make a lot of films regarding WW2 they should have a lot of interesting stories.
and the u.s.a. has it at this time ,
18:30 Warsaw, Hamburg, Berlin, Stalingrad, Hiroshima etcetc…
These narrators are very good at story telling but it doesn't mean they know the truth from from it.
Go on reveal??
is there any reason to believe more sights have not been found? 175? id think at least a few have been found by now.
Im filipino and many have already been found including our province.
❤Parang ganito yon. Diba noong unang panahon, Ang Pinas ay Ophir. Ang Ophian ay nag bigay ng Daming Gold sa Israel , ibinigay kay Haring Solomon Para Gumawa ng Templo sa Ating Panginoon. Sa tingin ko naibslik lahat na naibigay pag gawa ng Templo for King Solomon. Ngayon bumalik at more pa. Kaya yon ...
Gold has been stolen since it has had any worth . How else would does one get gold ? Buy it ? Not likely
Myth? My goodness! It's a history!
Yep, its a only myth.
@@TheFall-rk7ys War is not a myth including the looting..tsk tsk
@@TheFall-rk7ys Prove it .. that it's a myth
@@Janchaimo1966 prove??? Haha, hmm, how can i prove?? If only its a myth??? Beside, have everyone seen that gold right now?? Menn, i am the one whos gonna ask you to prove me or to anyone else that gold is true. And where is it right now??. Nothinggg, Haha
@@Janchaimo1966 yeah, the war is true, but the gold is a myth.
Looks like the lawyers made the most
I would of taken all the diamonds and buried them in the back yard and a lot of the gold bars I would of buried right in the cave complex
Roger Rojas is a hero! He found at least some of the stolen treasure, and should have at least been paid a finders fee Yes the Marcos' were propped up by the US, didn't anyone ever wonder how they were simply exiled? I bet it was because they turned Yamashita's gold stash over to America and all was forgotten! RIP Roger Rojas!
One of the most brutal dictators and most unquestionably a thug at 1:25.
Find and read 'Gold Warriors' by Sterling and Peggy Seagrave I wonder whether some of the gold was also hidden in Vietnam hence the true reason for the Vietnam War?
When Roger died, did his son not take up the quest to pursue the law suit?
After they took the Buddha Roger should of took the Gold Bricks and left the country smh 🤦🏽♂️..
He shouldn’t have took it home he should have moved it all to a warehouse by himself! Where it couldn’t be found!
Yamashita was "Gangsta"........he knew what he was doing, it was a fall back, if he lost the war, his name would go down in history and lose face, but on the other hand........his name would linger on in the history about the man that hid gold which was lost but redeemed later...just saying!
Most of you people didnt understand that this treasures? gold? pearls? whatever there is? this were already returned..and quite frankly there so many scattered pieces of ww2 history left in tanay rizal and some havent found yet...
Yamashita's gold is a misnomer, say the authors of the book, Gold Warriors. They claim Yamashita came to the Philippines only after construction of the last treasure vault.
kami lang karapatan makakuha ani daghan mga kwiba na ah ko pero dipindi lang sa mga tao na makaila nko
And that’s how it should be
Really SAD Story
Yes that’s why we were quiet about our property
when I find the rest I won't be finding anything... 👍
The gold are not buried anywhere, it's was taken directly into Japan. They knew the aftermath of war will cost a lot. Gold was hidden in Japan by the Emperor's men.
dont you know japanese companies in Philippines was secretly recovered yamashita gold. Japanese company even bought an entire Island just to recovered gold with a help from local government.
The the elite Philippines either found it in the past or the American military. That’s why the USA military been there so long.
I know I think the Americans went to Burma and Malaysia and stole before the Japanese got there and hid it in the Philippines before 1942. what you think? Got to blame USA it is so easy.
Should of kept it
The video shows the actor portraying Marcos drinking whiskey. Marcos was known to abstain from alcoholic drinks.
Nakatago yung yamashitas gold sa sarrat ilocos norte..
So Marcos just let Imelda take a sneak peek at a careless mound of 100 dollar bills for her to quickly say I DO?there's always a very simple method for doing the most difficult thing.
i hope this story is true? hope fully
its true.. there were politician hella rich becuz of yamashita gold.
I am just wondering why didn't any of the japanese soldiers go back and retrieve the gold. At least one knew where it was, he drew a map....?
It was all the gold he stole from him! Why wouldn’t he have hid boxes of the gold? I just don’t understand why he said anything to anyone?
Kung yung sinasabi lahat nang nakakaalam ay patay na so pano kumalat yung sabi sabi yamashita gold susme wala naman nang paraan para malaman yun unles may witnes at nagsalita yung nagtago kung totoo man at may natisod kang ginto hindi mo naman malalaman kung kay yamashita yun o kung kanino Kalokohan sa bansa ba nila pwede mag hukay nang ginto o nang diamond nang walang pirmiso eh yung panghuhuli nga sakanila nang salmon kaylangan mo nang fisher id
Wherever country you find treasure { EUROPE, USA, CANADA, ASIA, ...} specially bulk if the government knew it they will take it. Better not tell anybody even to your family.
I think Marcos found it and kept it to himself.
And buried in Malacañang Palace when he was there, and now his son digging a buried sight of gold. Poor Philippines .
@@hopeshinesbright8337have you wonder why there is a secret shipment of golds to thailand during aquinos days!?
Not found but steal it because he was then in a position and he was in total hold of the military
So instead of putting the looted gold on a aircraft or warship and bring it to Japan they hide it in the jungle? Yeah, makes sense...
That's why this story is total BS. There is no Yamashita gold hidden in the Philippines.
they were blocked
it was blocked by U.S. submarines.
Referendum na lang para magkaalaman ano5 gusto ny tatont bayan
I first heard of this cuz of Medal of Honor: Rising Sun.
Perfect example of no money means no wife😂
McDougald, Charles C., Asian Loot: Unearthing the Secrets of Marcos, Yamashita and the Gold, San Francisco: San Francisco Publishers, 1993, pp319, paperback. McDougald, Charles C., The Buddha, The Gold, and The Myth: How Marcos Looted the Central Bank, San Francisco: San Francisco Publishers, 1997, pp265, paperback.
Gold in d septic tank