Lieutenant Onoda of the Imperial Japanese army maintained an effective and deadly squadron of guerilla fighters on the Philippine island of Lubang… 29 years after his country surrendered. This week, we’re dropping planeloads of propaganda about the bizarre phenomenon of Japanese holdouts, who maintained their posts in the Pacific well after the dissolution of Imperial Japan.   

Sources: 

Hiroo Onoda: Japanese WW2 Holdout -- Part One

Last Japanese soldier to surrender 29 years after WW2 ended | Hiroo Onoda's 1974 surrender

Hiroo Onoda, Soldier Who Hid in Jungle for Decades, Dies at 91 - The New York Times

Japanese holdout - Wikipedia


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