Hiroo Onoda
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Elder Hiroo Onoda
On 15 August 1945 , the Emperor Hirohito announced the surrender of Japan, the release of the
bomb had decreed their defeat, all that remained was to communicate it to the whole world. That was how the Second World War ended. But not for everyone:there was a soldier Hiroo Onoda who continued to fight for another 29 years, because he did not want to believe it was over. Who is Hiroo Onoda Hiroo Onoda he enlisted in the Japanese army at twenty, he was very patriotic and became a rigid and dutiful sergeant. When the war began he was recalled and became a member of the " Futamata Bunko of Nakano "Trained in espionage and guerrilla techniques. In 1944 his battalion was sent to a small island in the Philippines, Lubang Island:they had to hinder the advance of the enemies and ordered him never to surrender, until further notice. February suffered a massive attack by the Americans, Onoda and three comrades fled the attack by hiding in the mountains. The orders she had received were clear: "... she is absolutely forbidden to surrender and die by your own hand. This may take a long time, but we'll go back and get it. In the Meanwhile, as long as there is only one man left, she will have to guide him to complete the mission. For no reason will she have to take her own life. ” The mission failed, the officers on the island surrendered, most of the Japanese military died, those who remained decided to surrender except him and three of his comrades. From that moment they decided to hide in the forest, they lived in hardship, stealing from the local population, in the book writes that he fed on the barks of the trees. They continued their personal war, ignoring the messages that came from outside, they thought it was a trick to make them surrender. In 1949 one of them, tired of eating only berries and barks, if He left and returned to his homeland. They sent planes and threw photos and letters from relatives, but nothing, they kept thinking that it was a strategy of the enemy to force them to surrender. The years passed and they continued the battle against the inhabitants of the island. In 1972 his last companion died at that point he was left alone. The waiting for Hiroo Onoda In 1974 a student Norio Suzuki managed to find him, he had left the university to look for him, they made friends but did not want to believe him. He was a soldier waiting for orders from his superior. Norio Suzuki went to look for the commanding officer when he was sent on a mission, the Yashimi Taniguci who in the meantime had left his weapon and was a newsagent, flew to the Philippines and ordered:" immediately stop all activities and operations and get on board under the command of the nearest superior officer. ” Finally the war was over for him too, he had fought for 29 years, he had been trained to follow orders, and only his superior could stop him.When he returned home he was hailed as a hero, he sacrificed himself and served the homeland. year he moved to Brazil, wrote a book of his incredible story and in 1996 he returned to Lubang donating a large sum of money to an elementary school. If you want to know more about World War II you can search on http://www.libripdf.it other stories await you! (Photo gives:militaryblog.jp and newsmax.com).