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Hiroo Onoda

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was an Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer who fought in World War II and was a Japanese holdout who did not surrender in August 1945. [1]

57 relations: Arisaka, Brazil, Cattle, Commando, Corporal, Education, Empire of Japan, Entrepreneurship, Ferdinand Marcos, Giant panda, Guam, Historical negationism, Imperial Japanese Army, Indonesia, Japan, Japanese Brazilians, Japanese Fourteenth Area Army, Japanese holdout, Kainan, Wakayama, Kaisō District, Wakayama, List of solved missing persons cases, Lubang Island, Mato Grosso do Sul, Military intelligence, Morotai, Nakano School, National Diet, Nippon Kaigi, Norio Suzuki (explorer), Philippines, Philippines Campaign (1944–1945), Pneumonia, Private (rank), Private first class, Samurai, Second lieutenant, Sergeant, Shoichi Yokoi, St. Luke's International Hospital, Surrender of Japan, Survival skills, Terenos, Teruo Nakamura, The Atlantic, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, Tokyo, Tomoyuki Yamashita, Type 99 rifle, United States dollar, ..., Wakayama Prefecture, World War II, Wuhan, Yasukuni Shrine, Yeti, Yoshihide Suga, 4th Cavalry Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army). Expand index (7 more) »

Arisaka

The Arisaka rifle (有坂銃 Arisaka-jū) is a family of Japanese military bolt-action service rifles, in production and use since approximately 1897, when it replaced the Murata rifle (村田銃 Murata-jū) family, until the end of World War II in 1945.

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Brazil

Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.

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Cattle

Cattle—colloquially cows—are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates.

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Commando

A commando is a soldier or operative of an elite light infantry or special operations force often specializing in amphibious landings, parachuting or abseiling.

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Corporal

Corporal is a military rank in use in some form by many militaries and by some police forces or other uniformed organizations.

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Education

Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits.

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Empire of Japan

The was the historical nation-state and great power that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 to the enactment of the 1947 constitution of modern Japan.

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Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship is the process of designing, launching and running a new business, which is often initially a small business.

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Ferdinand Marcos

Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. (September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was a Filipino politician and kleptocrat who was President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986.

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Giant panda

The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca, literally "black and white cat-foot";, literally "big bear cat"), also known as panda bear or simply panda, is a bear native to south central China.

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Guam

Guam (Chamorro: Guåhån) is an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States in Micronesia in the western Pacific Ocean.

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Historical negationism

Historical negationism or denialism is an illegitimate distortion of the historical record.

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Imperial Japanese Army

The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA; Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun; "Army of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945.

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Indonesia

Indonesia (or; Indonesian), officially the Republic of Indonesia (Republik Indonesia), is a transcontinental unitary sovereign state located mainly in Southeast Asia, with some territories in Oceania.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Japanese Brazilians

are Brazilian citizens who are nationals or naturals of Japanese ancestry, or Japanese immigrants living in Brazil.

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Japanese Fourteenth Area Army

The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

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Japanese holdout

or stragglers were Japanese soldiers in the Pacific Theatre who, after the August 1945 surrender of Japan ending World War II, either adamantly doubted the veracity of the formal surrender due to dogmatic militaristic principles, or simply were not aware of it because communications had been cut off by Allied advances.

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Kainan, Wakayama

is a city located in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.

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Kaisō District, Wakayama

is a district located in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.

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List of solved missing persons cases

This is a list of solved missing persons cases of people whose mysterious disappearances were notable and remained unexplained for a long time, but were eventually explained by their return or the recovery of their bodies, or the conviction of the perpetrator(s) responsible for their disappearances.

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Lubang Island

Lubang Island is the largest island in the Lubang Group of Islands, an archipelago which lies to the northwest of the northern end of Mindoro in the Philippines.

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Mato Grosso do Sul

Mato Grosso do Sul is one of the Midwestern states of Brazil.

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Military intelligence

Military intelligence is a military discipline that uses information collection and analysis approaches to provide guidance and direction to assist commanders in their decisions.

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Morotai

Morotai Island (Pulau Morotai) is an island in the Halmahera group of eastern Indonesia's Maluku Islands (Moluccas).

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Nakano School

The was the primary training center for military intelligence operations by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

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National Diet

The is Japan's bicameral legislature.

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Nippon Kaigi

The, Jun 6th 2015, The Economist. is a Japanese nationalist unincorporated association that was established in 1997 and has approximately 38,000 members.

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Norio Suzuki (explorer)

was a Japanese explorer and adventurer.

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Philippines

The Philippines (Pilipinas or Filipinas), officially the Republic of the Philippines (Republika ng Pilipinas), is a unitary sovereign and archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

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Philippines Campaign (1944–1945)

The Philippines campaign, the Battle of the Philippines or the Liberation of the Philippines (Filipino: Kampanya sa Pilipinas, Labanan sa Pilipinas & Liberasyon ng Pilipinas), (Operation Musketeer I, II, and III) (Filipino: Operasyon Mosketero I, II, at III), was the American and Filipino campaign to defeat and expel the Imperial Japanese forces occupying the Philippines during World War II.

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Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung affecting primarily the small air sacs known as alveoli.

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Private (rank)

A private is a soldier of the lowest military rank (equivalent to NATO Rank Grades OR-1 to OR-3 depending on the force served in).

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Private first class

Private First Class (PFC) is a military rank held by junior enlisted personnel.

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Samurai

were the military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan.

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Second lieutenant

Second lieutenant (called lieutenant in some countries) is a junior commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces, comparable to NATO OF-1b rank.

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Sergeant

Sergeant (abbreviated to Sgt and capitalized when used as a named person's title) is a rank in many uniformed organizations, principally military and policing forces.

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Shoichi Yokoi

was a Japanese sergeant in the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during the Second World War.

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St. Luke's International Hospital

is a general and teaching hospital located in the Tsukiji district of Chūō, Tokyo, Japan.

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Surrender of Japan

The surrender of Imperial Japan was announced on August 15 and formally signed on September 2, 1945, bringing the hostilities of World War II to a close.

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Survival skills

Survival skills are techniques that a person may use in order to sustain life in any type of natural environment or built environment.

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Terenos

Terenos is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul.

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Teruo Nakamura

Private was a Taiwan-born soldier of the Imperial Japanese Army from the indigenous Amis tribe, who fought for Japan in World War II and did not surrender until 1974.

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The Atlantic

The Atlantic is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher, founded in 1857 as The Atlantic Monthly in Boston, Massachusetts.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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Tokyo

, officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and has been the capital since 1869.

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Tomoyuki Yamashita

was an Imperial Japanese Army general during World War II.

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Type 99 rifle

The was a bolt-action rifle of the Arisaka design used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (sign: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ and referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, or American dollar) is the official currency of the United States and its insular territories per the United States Constitution since 1792.

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Wakayama Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan on the Kii Peninsula in the Kansai region on Honshū island.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Wuhan

Wuhan is the capital of Hubei province, People's Republic of China.

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Yasukuni Shrine

The Imperial Shrine of Yasukuni, informally known as the, is a Shinto shrine located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.

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Yeti

In the folklore of Nepal, the Yeti or Abominable Snowman (Nepali: हिममानव himamānav, lit. "snow man") is an ape-like entity, taller than an average human, that is said to inhabit the Himalayan region of Nepal, Bhutan, and Tibet.

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Yoshihide Suga

is a Japanese politician currently serving as Chief Cabinet Secretary.

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4th Cavalry Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army)

The 4th Cavalry Brigade of the Imperial Japanese Army was originally formed April 1, 1909.

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Hiro Onoda, Hiroo Onada, Hirô Onoda, Hirō Onoda, Lt Onoda, Onada Hiroo, Onoda Hiro, Onoda Hiroo, Onoda Hirô, Onoda Hirō, 小野田 寛郎, 小野田寛郎.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroo_Onoda

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