Hiroo Onoda
Japanese army officer (1922–2014) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hiroo Onoda (Japanese: 小野田 寛郎, Hepburn: Onoda Hiroo, 19 March 1922 – 16 January 2014) was a second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II and one of the last Japanese holdouts who continued fighting after the war's end in 1945. For almost 29 years, Onoda carried out guerilla warfare on Lubang Island in the Philippines, on several occasions engaging in shootouts with locals and the police. Onoda (who initially held out with three others who surrendered or were killed in 1950, 1954, and 1972) was contacted in 1974, but refused to surrender until he was relieved of duty by his former commanding officer, Major Yoshimi Taniguchi, who was located and flown to Lubang. Onoda surrendered on 10 March 1974, and received a hero's welcome in Japan.
Hiroo Onoda | |
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Native name | 小野田 寛郎 |
Born | (1922-03-19)19 March 1922 Kamekawa, Wakayama, Empire of Japan |
Died | 16 January 2014(2014-01-16) (aged 91) Tokyo, Japan |
Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
Service/ | Imperial Japanese Army |
Years of service | 1942–1945 (continued service until 1974) |
Rank | Second Lieutenant |
Battles/wars | |
Other work | Cattle farmer |