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Hard Core Crazy
It took me a second to realize this article is describing a modern operation:
A team of negotiators and former soldiers from Tokyo has been sent to the jungles of the Philippines to try to bring home soldiers of Japan’s Imperial Army who are still fighting the Second World War.
The most famous of these old holdouts was Hiroo Onoda, who held out until 1974. Discovery channel ran a documentary about Mr. Onoda a few months ago, and you could tell this guy was still bugnut crazy. Total fanatic, the kind that still throws bombs at the doors of newspapers who criticise the emperor.
The Japanese press claims that the only reason Hiroo continued fighting was because his radio was destroyed, so he couldn't contact command and find out about the surrender.
And if you believe that, I've got a bridge I'd like to sell you.
He almost certainly heard about the surrender... that's probably how the radio got smashed. The freaks still fighting WWII are nothing more than fanatical terrorists, no better than Al Qaeda.
Posted by: Tatterdemalian on November 21, 2003 10:42 PM