The story of ONODA
I deliberately want to keep this simple with bullet points. This person Onoda as my friend describes is having inhuman characteristics.
1. Onoda was a Japanese army officer fought in world war II.
2. He was sent to Lubang Island in Philipines to carry out a military operation.
3. He joined a group of japanese soldiers who were sent earlier.
4. Egotism hit as some officers in the group prevented him from doing his assignment.
5. US and Philippine forces took the island into their custody in February, 1945.
6. All soldiers except four (Onoda and three others) either died or surrendered.
7. Onoda continued to live in the mountains.
8. He doubted leaflets which are thrown announcing the end of the war and decided they are hoax.
9. One of the four, walked away from them in 1949 and surrendered to the filipino forces. Rest all became more careful.
10. In 1952, letters and family pictures were dropped from air crafts but they concluded them as hoax.
11. In 1954, one of them gets killed by the search party looking for them.
12. This leaves two of them, who continues to believe that the war is not over.
13. They live for almost 18 years as holdouts.
14. In 1972, one of them gets killed leaving behind Onoda.
15. In February 1974, Onoda met a Japanese college dropout, Norio Suzuki, who was traveling the world and was looking for him.
16. Onoda and Suzuki become friends but Onoda still refused to surrender saying that he was waiting for orders from a superior officer.
17. Suzuki flies to Japan, explains the curious case of Onoda, gets the order from Onoda's superior who is a bookseller.
18. In March 1974, Suzuki flew to Philipines with the order and meets Onoda. Onoda emerges from Jungle after 29 years.
19. Onoda surrenders in uniform with a rifle still in working condition.
20. And you know what he was not the ultimate soldier... there was one more left Teruo Nakamura.
To know more about him, read his auto-biography "No Surrender: My Thirty-Year War".
And friends we say we are brave, loyal, and patriotic! and there is Onoda.
1. Onoda was a Japanese army officer fought in world war II.
2. He was sent to Lubang Island in Philipines to carry out a military operation.
3. He joined a group of japanese soldiers who were sent earlier.
4. Egotism hit as some officers in the group prevented him from doing his assignment.
5. US and Philippine forces took the island into their custody in February, 1945.
6. All soldiers except four (Onoda and three others) either died or surrendered.
7. Onoda continued to live in the mountains.
8. He doubted leaflets which are thrown announcing the end of the war and decided they are hoax.
9. One of the four, walked away from them in 1949 and surrendered to the filipino forces. Rest all became more careful.
10. In 1952, letters and family pictures were dropped from air crafts but they concluded them as hoax.
11. In 1954, one of them gets killed by the search party looking for them.
12. This leaves two of them, who continues to believe that the war is not over.
13. They live for almost 18 years as holdouts.
14. In 1972, one of them gets killed leaving behind Onoda.
15. In February 1974, Onoda met a Japanese college dropout, Norio Suzuki, who was traveling the world and was looking for him.
16. Onoda and Suzuki become friends but Onoda still refused to surrender saying that he was waiting for orders from a superior officer.
17. Suzuki flies to Japan, explains the curious case of Onoda, gets the order from Onoda's superior who is a bookseller.
18. In March 1974, Suzuki flew to Philipines with the order and meets Onoda. Onoda emerges from Jungle after 29 years.
19. Onoda surrenders in uniform with a rifle still in working condition.
20. And you know what he was not the ultimate soldier... there was one more left Teruo Nakamura.
To know more about him, read his auto-biography "No Surrender: My Thirty-Year War".
And friends we say we are brave, loyal, and patriotic! and there is Onoda.
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