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  Hiroo Onoda - Wikipédia
Onoda e diversos outros homens, entretanto, esconderam-se na selva densa.
Encontrado por um estudante japonês, Norio Suzuki, Onoda recusou-se ainda a aceitar que a guerra tinha acabado a menos que recebesse ordens para baixar armas diretamente de seu oficial superior.
Assim, o tenente Onoda emergiu da selva 29 anos após o fim da segunda guerra mundial, e aceitou a ordem do oficial comandante da rendição vestindo seu uniforme e espada, com seu rifle Arisaka ainda em condições operacionais, com 500 cartuchos de munição e diversas grenadas de mão.
pt.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hiroo_Onoda   (480 words)

  
 Hiroo Onoda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Onoda continued his campaign, initially living in the mountains with three fellow soldiers.
Found by a Japanese student, Norio Suzuki, Onoda still refused to accept that the war was over unless he received orders to lay down his arms from his superior officer.
Lieutenant Onoda emerged from the jungle 29 years after the end of World War II, and accepted the commanding officer's order of surrender in his dress uniform and sword, with his Arisaka rifle still in operating condition, 500 rounds of ammunition and several hand grenades.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Onoda_Hiroo   (467 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Hiroo Onoda
Onoda and his men quickly concluded that Akatsu was now working with the enemy and retreated to the other side of the mountain.
Onoda nursed him back to health, but on May 7, 1954, Shimada was killed instantly from a shot fired by another search party sent in to find the men.
Onoda and Kozuka were positive that the Japanese would be landing on the island any day and that control would be taken back from the Americans.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Hiroo-Onoda   (1088 words)

  
 Famous Japanese WWII Fighter Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Hiroo Onoda (from Wakayama Prefecture) graduated in 1939, and at age 17 went to central China (under partial Japanese control then), to work for a lacquerware trading company.
Onoda was proud to complete his officer's training and found himself swiftly transferred to a secret intelligence school in Nakano.
Onoda kept a calendar (which was only 6 days off, after 30 years!), stored ammo, and was wary of scorpions, centipedes, snakes, and stinging ants.
www.paulzilla.org /japanese/ltonoda.htm   (802 words)

  
 No Surrender - My Thirty-Year War
Onoda was born in the town of Kainan in Wakayama province in 1922.
During the late 1960's and early 1970's Onoda and Kozuka got in the habit of setting the locals' rice fields ablaze as a way to signal their presence on Lubang to any Japanese forces that were close enough to see it.
Onoda approached a tent in a field which he took to be the temporary abode of the Filipino police.
www.tomandcathymarking.com /reviews/no_surrender.htm   (2266 words)

  
 Sun.Star Davao - Eguchi: Onoda, a war criminal not a hero
His name is Hiroo Onoda, a lieutenant in the now-defunct Japanese Imperial Army, who graduated from the Army's Nakano School for training spies and conspiracy specialists.
Onoda as a commander let the two soldiers die in vain in a meaningless shootout with Philippine soldiers, who were trying to determine their whereabouts.
The mindset of Onoda is related to what lies deep in the heart of numerous ugly Japanese people today, who are criminals or potential criminals dwelling in Manila and other locations in the Philippines or who are brazen enough to join sex tours and take advantage of underprivileged Filipinas.
www.sunstar.com.ph /static/dav/2003/10/09/oped/hiroyuki.eguchi.unvisited.viewpoint.html   (921 words)

  
 Hiroo Onoda
On December 26, 1944, Apprentice Officer Hiroo Onoda was sent to the small tropical island of Lubang, which is approximately seventy-five miles southwest of Manila in the Philippines.
Onoda and his men quickly concluded that Akatsu was now working with the enemy and retreated to the other side of the mountain.
Onoda and Kozuka were positive that the Japanese would be landing on the island any day and that control would be taken back from the Americans.
home.nycap.rr.com /useless/onoda   (1897 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Hiroo Onoda
Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda (小野田 寛郎 Onoda Hirō; born March 19, 1922) is a former Japanese army intelligence officer who was stationed on Lubang Island in the Philippines.
Onoda and several other men, however, hid in the dense jungle.
Lieutenant Onoda emerged from the jungle 29 years after the end of World War II, and accepted the commanding officer's order of surrender in his dress uniform and sword, with his Type 99 Arisaka rifle still in operating condition, 500 rounds of ammunition and several hand grenades.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Hiroo_Onoda   (474 words)

  
 Station Information - Onoda Hiroo
Second Lieutenant Onoda Hiroo (小野田 寛郎), a Japanese army intelligence officer, was stationed on Lubang Island in the Philippines when it was overrun by United States forces in February 1945, towards the conclusion of World War II.
He continued his campaign, living in the mountains with a small band of men, some of whom abandoned him and others who were killed, leaving him alone in the mountains.
Lieutenant Onoda emerged from the jungle 29 years after the end of World War II, and accepted the order of surrender in his dress uniform and sword, with his 25 calibre rifle still in operating condition, 500 rounds of ammunition and several hand grenades.
www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/o/on/onoda_hiroo.html   (315 words)

  
 Metafella's: Tales
Hiroo Onoda was born in the town of Kairan, Japan in 1922.
In December 1944, Apprentice Officer Hiroo Onoda was sent to the small tropical island of Lubang in the Philippines.
Hiroo Onoda’s thirty-year war was over, and he returned to Japan to receive a hero’s welcome.
metafella.topcities.com /tales/tp3/talesp3.htm   (792 words)

  
 THE BEAUTIFUL ISLAND OF LUBANG   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Hiroo Onoda holds the honor of the last Japanese soldier to surrender, finally packing it in in 1974.
In May 1996, returning to the Phillipines for a visit: Hiroo Onoda, 74, a former Japanese Imperial Army officer, leaves Narita airport near Tokyo for his first trip to the Philippines in 22 years to visit his former island hideout in the western Philippines.
Onoda hid in the jungles of Lubang Island for about 30 years after the end of World War II.
www.geocities.com /lubangisland/onoda.html   (178 words)

  
 2002D September
I would like to give you a summary of Onoda’s story, not merely because it is fascinating on its own, which it is, but because it gives a framework for looking at certain conditions of the body and psyche.
But Onoda was not fooled by this obvious enemy trick and withdrew with his men deeper into the jungle.
Hiroo was sure, because he had been taught since childhood, that Japan would never surrender.
www.wellnessinmotion.com /2002september.htm   (825 words)

  
 Thirty Years in the Jungle! Could you do it?
Hiroo Onoda was sent to the jungle of Lubang Island of the Phillippines in December of 1944.
Onoda survived by setting up a series of hideouts on the 74 square mile island, and by stealing food (the island was occupied), and making sure his caches of live ammo were kept intact.
Onoda and the others would build a shelter during the wet season, and then just sleep in the open during the rest of the year.
www.primitiveways.com /jungle_30_years.html   (3042 words)

  
 Onoda Hiroo
Found by a Japanese student, Onoda still refused to believe that the war was over until he received orders to lay down his arms from his superior officer, who had since become a bookseller.
Though he had killed some thirty Philippine inhabitants of the island and engaged in several shootouts with the police, the circumstances of these events were taken into consideration, and Onoda received a pardon from President Ferdinand Marcos.
After his surrender, Onoda moved to Brazil, where he became a cattle farmer.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/on/Onoda_Hiroo.html   (129 words)

  
 Hiroo, years, still, refused, received, local, killed, jungle, Yokoi, Years - Hiroo Onoda
Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda (小野田 寛郎 Onoda Hirō ; born March 19, 1922) is a former Japan ese army intelligence officer who was stationed on Lubang Island in the Philippines.
Found by a Japanese student, Norio Suzuki, Onoda still refused to accept that the war was over unless he received orders to lay down his arms from his superior officer.
Lieutenant Onoda emerged from the jungle 29 years after the end of World War II, and accepted the commanding officer's order of surrender in his dress uniform and sword, with his Arisaka rifle still in operating condition, 500 rounds of ammunition and several hand grenades.
www.alphasearch.org /Hiroo-Onoda.html   (538 words)

  
 Hiroo Onoda|BATANGBALER - Baler, Aurora, Philippines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda(小野田 寛郎 Onoda Hirō; born March 19, 1922) is a former Japanese army intelligence officer who was stationed on Lubang Island in the Philippines.
Onoda continued his campaign, initially living in the mountains with three fellow soldiers.
Onoda eventually surrendered to his original WW2 commander in 1974 after 29 years in hiding.
batangbaler.net /links/494   (262 words)

  
 Far Outliers
On December 26, 1944 (age 23), Hiroo Onoda was sent to the small tropical island of Lubang Island, which is approximately seventy-five miles southwest of Manila in the Philippines.
Onoda and his men quickly concluded that Akatsu was now working for the enemy.
Intelligence Officer 2nd Lt. Hiroo Onoda emerged from the jungle of Lubang Island with his.25 caliber rifle, 500 rounds of ammunition and several hand grenades.
faroutliers.blogspot.com /2004/08/last-japanese-holdouts-in-philippines.html   (664 words)

  
 The Japanese soldier who wouldn't surrender - Asia Finest Discussion Forum
In 1944, Lt. Hiroo Onoda was sent by the Japanese army to the remote Philippine island of Lubang.
Hiroo Onoda was 20 years-old when he was called up to join the army.
As Onoda and his comrades were getting ready to leave on their separate missions, they stopped by to report to the division commander.
www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?act=findpost&pid=537320   (2369 words)

  
 Background
Hiroo Onoda's thirty-year fight created an international sensation in 1974 and an ongoing debate about whether his guerilla warfare can be justified.
Onoda, himself, reminds the world that a lifetime can futilely be given to a failing and, perhaps, unjust cause.
Onoda's thirty years in the jungle continue to illustrate the truth that a seemingly average citizen can be swept away in the maneuverings of an unchecked government.
www.wfu.edu /academics/history/StudentWork/AsiaPacificWar/asia-pacific-jenni/afterthewar.htm   (859 words)

  
 View // Blog // Lambgoat
Hiroo Onoda was a Japanese Lieutenant stationed in the Philippines during World War II.
Onoda was alive though, still hiding in the jungles and mountains of Lubang Island with another soldier.
Onoda was eventually pardoned by then Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos and ultimately moved to Brazil, where he apparently still lives today.
lambgoat.com /blog/view.aspx?id=175   (392 words)

  
 2nd Lt. Hiroo Onoda
On December 26, 1944 (age 23), Hiroo Onoda was sent to the small island of Lubang Island, approximately seventy-five miles southwest of Manila in the Philippines.
Hiroo Onda was also with three other holdouts, who all died over the decades: Private Yuichi Akatsu, Corporal Shoichi Shimada (died 1954), Private Kinshichi Kozuka (died 1972).
Onoda's father travels to Lubong with a Japanese deligation to attempt to convince Onoda the war is over and to come home.
www.wanpela.com /holdouts/profiles/onoda.html   (1194 words)

  
 ★ Reviews for Onoda,_Hiroo
This is the true story of 2nd Lt Hiroo Onoda, who, on orders from his commanding officer retreated with a small band of men into the jungle to carry out guerilla attacks against returning American troops and the Filipinos.
Hiroo Onoda was ordered to conduct guerilla warfare until Japanese troops retook the island he was stationed on.
While Lt. Onoda is only held responsible for 7 casualties in his 30 years of war, he preserved occupied miles of mountainous territory in effect depriving "the enemy" of all the natural resources there-in.
authors.booksunderreview.com /O/Onoda,_Hiroo   (576 words)

  
 Military Trivia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
In 1954 another soldier in Onoda's tiny army was killed in a shootout with filipino fishermen.
Even when Onoda's brother was brought in to address them over a speaker system they were convinced that the Americans had found someone who looked and sounded like his brother in order to get rid of him.
Onoda lost his third and last soldier in 1972, while conducting a "raid" on rice crops.
www.angelfire.com /tx4/bustersbattery/militrivia/MILITRIVIA70.html   (583 words)

  
 Book Review: No Surrender: My Thirty - Year War
Onoda came from an ordinary background, but his story is an incredible testament to the human spirit.
In the Spring of 1974, 2nd Lt. Hiroo Onoda of the Japanese army made world headlines when he emerged from the Philippine jungle after a thirty-year ordeal.
A soldier who fought and survived the war's longest, loneliest battle, Onoda became a hero to his people and his account of events, first published in Japan in 1974 and in English in 1975, has enjoyed an approving audience ever since.
www.pacificwrecks.com /reviews/thirty.html   (423 words)

  
 Onoda Hiroo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
For 29 years Onoda refused to surrender every attempt to convince him that the was over as a ruse.
Found by a Japanese student Onoda still to believe that the war was over he received orders to lay down his from his superior officer.
Onoda emerged from the jungle 29 years the end of World War II and the order of surrender in his dress uniform and sword with his 25 calibre rifle still in operating condition 500 rounds ammunition and several hand grenades.
www.freeglossary.com /Hiroo_Onada   (694 words)

  
 Criadero de Alikuekanos: Hiroo Onoda - "No Surrender"
Onoda es muy conocido entre los japoneses como un héroe de guerra y como un símbolo del pensamiento japonés de “nunca darse por vencido”.
Onoda también afirma que el Comandante le dijo: "puede tomar tres años, puede tomar cinco, pero cualquier cosa que pase, nosotros regresaremos por usted".
Onoda no menciona mucho sobre las confrontaciones con los isleños, pero según algunos artículos periodísticos, muchos filipinos denuncian en un manifiesto que mataron a algunas personas mientras vivían en la isla y están tramitando las indemnizaciones ante del gobierno japonés.
www.zonalibre.org /blog/alikuekano/archives/083424.html   (1117 words)

  
 Hide and Seek
As a child, Hiroo Onoda excelled in the martial art of kendo, and was a competitive-fighter type of kid.
Onoda is well-known to Japanese people as a war hero and as a symbol of the Japanese drive to never give up.
Onoda was so well-trained that he refused to belive that the many legitimate rescue attempts, flyers, and newspapers which were air-dropped, actually signified the end of the war.
www.giantrobot.com /issues/issue07/hs/hsmain.html   (2078 words)

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