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Strange Stories of WWII, Hiroo Onoda was a Japanese intelligence officer in the Imperial Japanese Army, who refused to surrender until decades after World War II had ended.
BOSTON (AP) — Experts have identified the remains of a soldier from Massachusetts who died in a Japanese prisoner of war camp in the the Philippines during World War II, the military said on Monday.
Teruo Nakamura had been a private in the Imperial Japanese Army. In December 1974, almost 30 years since the Second World War had ended, he was convinced it was still raging.
Hiroo Onoda, the last Japanese imperial soldier to emerge from hiding in a jungle in the Philippines 29 years after the end of WWII, has died 3 minute read You can save this article by registering ...
TOKYO – Hiroo Onoda, the last Japanese imperial soldier to emerge from hiding in a jungle in the Philippines and surrender, 29 years after the end of World War II, has died. He was 91.
TOKYO (AP) — Toshihiro Mutsuda was only 5 years old when he last saw his father, who was drafted by Japan’s Imperial Army in 1943 and killed in action. For him, his father was a bespectacled ...
Hiroo Onoda, the last Japanese imperial soldier to emerge from hiding in a jungle in the Philippines and surrender, 29 years after the end of the Second World War, has died. He was 91.
World Japanese soldier missing since WWII resurfaces in Ukraine CBC News · Posted: Apr 17, 2006 8:28 AM PDT | Last Updated: April 17, 2006 ...
The war cemetery, completed in 1943, began interments in 1944, he added. It now contains 736 graves, including over 170 of Muslims, 24 of Japanese soldiers and 503 of British troops, among whom the ...