Close Calls Podcast

Hiroo Onoda: The Thirty-Year War


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What if no one told you the war was over for 29 years?This week, Lizzy and Kevin explore the unbelievable story of Hiroo Onoda, the Japanese soldier who kept fighting World War II well into the 1970s. Living in the jungle, dodging imaginary enemies, and refusing to surrender—because no one officially told him to.Is it loyalty? Delusion? He just missed the memo? Either way, this is one of the most bizarre and committed close calls in history.

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Close Calls PodcastBy Lizzy Cassidy and Kevin Casey White

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