Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
Hiroo Onoda,
Japanese soldier who long refused to surrender, dies at 91.
How many of you
saw or remembered the sensational scene when this last soldier of Japan’s Imperial
army finally surrendered and showed up to the then-modern society after three
decades of hiding in a jungle in one of the small islands of the Philippines
four decades ago?
He was sent to the
island as an intelligent officer and ordered fight and not to die. He sincerely
followed the order and hid him and his fellow soldiers away from his enemy and the
local residents until 1974 with food and water he could get in the jungle. During
the time in the jungle, he lived without any contacts or interactions with
anyone but his few team members. In a sense, he time-traveled for three
decades!
Enjoy reading and
imagining what the completely isolated life for 30 years is like.
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