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| rdfs:comment | - is a former Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer who fought in World War II and did not surrender in 1945. In 1974 his former commander traveled from Japan to personally issue orders relieving him from duty. Onoda had spent almost 30 years holding out in the Philippines. He held the rank of Second Lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army.
- Mr. Onoda was a second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War 2. He was sent to a remote island in the Philippines and his last formal order was to conduct guerilla warfare. Thirty or so years after the end of World War 2, no one told Mr. Onoda the war had ended. He continued to follow his orders until his senior officer, Major Taniguchi, ordered him to surrender in March, 1972.
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| abstract | - is a former Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer who fought in World War II and did not surrender in 1945. In 1974 his former commander traveled from Japan to personally issue orders relieving him from duty. Onoda had spent almost 30 years holding out in the Philippines. He held the rank of Second Lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army.
- Mr. Onoda was a second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War 2. He was sent to a remote island in the Philippines and his last formal order was to conduct guerilla warfare. Thirty or so years after the end of World War 2, no one told Mr. Onoda the war had ended. He continued to follow his orders until his senior officer, Major Taniguchi, ordered him to surrender in March, 1972.
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