March 10, 2007

• Mar 10 1974
  

  Second Lt. Hiroo Onoda of the Imperial Japanese Army surrenders
  to Philippine authorities. He believed World War II was still underway
  and continued a 30 year guerrilla battle with other islanders.
  His final capitulation came when his senior officer, Maj. Taniguchi,
  ordered his surrender. Upon return to the Japanese homeland, Onoda
  was treated as a hero, but had difficulty coping with his "postwar" life.

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