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Who knows what war crimes were committed on the Philippine locals who were just plowing their farm. Hiroo Onoda lived in a ditch for 30 years, not believing that Japan lost World War II. It’s a crazy story, but it happened and he wasn’t the only one. I’m not stoked on whatever this guy did while in the ditch, but I am impressed he’d go on for 30 years more. He was coaxed out in 1974! (CNN – Onoda)
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Who knows what war crimes were committed on the Philippine locals who were just plowing their farm. Hiroo Onoda lived in a ditch for 30 years, not believing that Japan lost World War II. It’s a crazy story, but it happened and he wasn’t the only one. I’m not stoked on whatever this guy did while in the ditch, but I am impressed he’d go on for 30 years more. He was coaxed out in 1974! (CNN – Onoda)
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drawing by George Hoshida Japanese Americans in Hawaii. They’re often forgotten in regards to World War II. Although there were over one hundred thousand Japanese Americans living during World War II, some were put into camps. Now the sites will become taken care of. (KHON – JA)
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It’s Downer Saturday. This man, Akira Hoshizaki was about to get a Congressional Gold Medal for his service in World War II. It’s a long tale and journey for a man who was interned in a Concentration Camp, then went to serve for the US who imprisoned him and was to get a medal decades later. But he died just hours in his hotel room before the ceremony in Washington DC. His family got hold of the medal and put it in his hand. (Sun Times – Akira Hoshizaki)
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Here’s a story you don’t hear much about. A Japanese WWII submarine sank a ship, Montebellow, off the Central California coast. The ship was full of oil. Everyone lived, the ship sank, and the oil went down with it. But now, using technology to measure the density of the contents of the fuel tank, it’s said to be filled only with sea water. Where did the oil go? Was it stolen by the submarine? No. Did it just leak out? Maybe. The sad thing is 3 million gallons of oil dripped into the Pacific and no one knew. (LA Times – Montebello)
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