Ken and Eva had more fun.
Ken and Eva had more fun.
The unnamed Island in the article has a name. That name is Gilligans Island. This guy appeared on a few episodes of the show.
I hope Japan at least gave him a military pension when he was returned.
Thirty years in a tropical paradise. Will be interesting to see how he lived all those years.
What makes him a “hero”??
Revisionist English reporting?
Just an aside here....
The British band, Camel, dedicated a concept album to Onoda. They titled it “Nude” (pron: “nuday”) as a play on his last name.
It a good listen if you like a Pink Floyd-like sound.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nude_(Camel_album)
Although they hadn’t held out as long as Onoda, I remember reports at the time of Japanese soldiers that finally surrendered during the 60s.
I wondered how many eventually died not knowing the war was over.
He held out two years longer than Sgt. Soichi Yokoi who hid out in a cave in Guam until he was captured by villagers in 1972. Sgt. Yokoi’s Cave is a popular tourist attraction there to this day.
There was one on Guam as well. Lucky it didn’t tip over.
His is one hell of a story. Damn near 30 years in isolation, still loyal to his cause. Hiroo Onoda was one hell of a man and a loyal soldier. I for one would pay real money to see an honest account of this man’s life.
I just hope the film hasn’t been embellished with enough 21st century crap as to make it unwatchable.
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Hero???
Hogwash!
He told the student who found him that even if he believed the war was over, he could not surrender unless the officer who gave him his orders to go to the island and prep for the return of the fleet personally ordered him to so do.
The student told him that he might easily be dead. Onoda said “Ok, then I will die here if that is the case”.
The former commander was located and taken to the jungle where he told him the war was over and ordered him to surrender.
Onoda asked the student to give him a moment alone with his commander. When the student was gone, he asked the commander for the real scoop, thinking that was all just a show.
Then he finally realized it was true. His rifle and ammo were carefully maintained.
Amazing book. “No Surrender” by Hiroo Onoda
How did he become a hero by hiding in the jungle for thirty years? Shouldn’t he have been performing cute little commando raids?
Hiroo is a hero
If you download torrents of movies, you can find this movie around if you look.
How do you say nutburger in Japanese?