WWII Pilot George Bush, Sr., was shot down near an island with two other pilots.
Then rescued by an American submarine, he was the only pilot (of the three) who escaped being cannibalized by Japanese captors!
Maybe he was never told, or never investigated...
The full story of chichijima didn’t come out till 2004. And HWB was always haunted by his decision not to turn back to be with his crew. At least according to his biography.
Maybe he was never there.