No surrender: my thirty-year war
by Onoda, Hiroo
In the spring of 1974, Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda of the Japanese army made world headlines when he emerged from the Philippine jungle after a thirty-year ordeal. Hunted in turn by American troops, the Philippine police, hostile islanders, and successive Japanese search parties, Onoda had skillfully outmaneuvered all his pursuers, convinced that World War II was still being fought and that one day his fellow soldiers would return victorious. This account of those years is an epic tale of the…
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- Full title :No surrender : my thirty-year war / Hiroo Onoda ; translated by Charles S. Terry.
Summary
In the spring of 1974, Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda of the Japanese army made world headlines when he emerged from the Philippine jungle after a thirty-year ordeal. Hunted in turn by American troops, the Philippine police, hostile islanders, and successive Japanese search parties, Onoda had skillfully outmaneuvered all his pursuers, convinced that World War II was still being fought and that one day his fellow soldiers would return victorious. This account of those years is an epic tale of the will to survive that offers a rare glimpse of man's invincible spirit, resourcefulness, and ingenuity. A hero to his people, Onoda wrote down his experiences soon after his return to civilization. This book was translated into English the following year.
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- Publication Date:1999.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Naval Institute Press
- Place of Publication:Annapolis, Md
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1999.
Notes
Bluejacket books.
Originally published: Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International, 1974.
The Physical Object
- Description:219 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1557506639, 9781557506634
- oclc:ocm41238488
- LC Classification:D811
- Dewey Decimal:940.54/8252
Table of Contents
Reunion -- Commando training -- Fateful orders -- No will to fight -- The four-day battle -- The vow to fight on -- Three soldiers at war -- Faked messages -- Jungle life -- Devils in the mountains -- Alone -- February 20, 1074 -- Lubang, Sayonara.
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