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| Onoda: The man who hid in the jungle for 30 years |
| 2022-04-14 |
| [BBC] A new film, Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle, tells the strange story of Japan's controversial WW2 hero. Its themes of nationalism and fake news are more relevant now than ever, writes James Balmont. December 1944: in the final months of World War Two, a Japanese lieutenant named Hiroo Onoda was stationed on Lubang, a tiny island in the Philippines. Within weeks of his arrival, a US attack forced Japanese combatants into the jungle — but unlike most of his comrades, Onoda remained hidden on the island for nearly 30 years. The Japanese government declared him dead in 1959, but in reality, he was alive — committed to a secret mission that had instructed him to hold the island until the imperial army's return. He was convinced the whole time that the war had never ended. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #1 Quoting BAD ASS OF THE WEEK " If the delicate line between insanity and badassitude is measured by determination, then Lt. Hiroo is probably high in the running for being one of the most badassed men of World War II." NOTE: It seems he and his team were still killing people after the war's ended. "...he and his men had killed over 30 Filipinos and Americans and wounded over 100 more people..." BTW: Can't resist pointing it out.... When he was 17 years old, he worked in Wuhan, China. for a Japanese Trading Company. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2022-04-14 07:06 |