![]() One day Onoda bumped into a Japanese student who had come to the island to find him. Numerous family members failed to contact Onoda via loudspeakers because he doubted their identity. One day one of the 4 left the group without a word.ġ954 local militias killed one of the three remaining soldiers.Ģ7 years later the same happened to Hiro Onoda’s last loyal comrade.įor two more years Onoda lived in his hideout all by himself. To deter them from collaboration with the enemy. In order not to be discovered they killed the farmers’ cows at night.Įach year they burned the farmers’ rice stores They fed on bananas, coconut juice, rats, and cows. Airborne leaflets proclaiming the end of the war were taken for a ruse. But Onoda with 3 other soldiers escaped into the jungle.įor fear of being found by the Americans the 4 soldiers built a hideout of branches for themselves. When the Americans arrived in 1945 most of the Japanese soldiers were taken prisoner or committed suicide. ![]() “It is absolutely forbidden to commit suicide out of your own free will.” The commander-in-chief there decreed unfailing loyalty and devotion. ![]() The Life of Soldier Hiro Onoda.Born 1922 in Japan, Hiro Onoda at the age of 23 was trained to be a guerrilla fighter and to defend the tiny Philippine island of LUBANG. ![]()
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