Japanese Soldier Who Hid In Jungle UNtil 1974 Dies (1 Viewer)

Amazing to say the least. The Emperor could have asked no more from any man.
 
Should of left him out there to rot,and shot the emperor as a war criminal.
 
PanzerAce1944 said:
Yikes, No holding you back on this one Wayne !
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They catch a 90+ year old German and most people can't hang him quick enough,but this bloke who fought for a country that was as bad if not worst than Germany gets praised......................^&confuse^&confuse
Just shows how fanatical the Japs where.
 
wayne556517 said:
They catch a 90+ year old German and most people can't hang him quick enough,but this bloke who fought for a country that was as bad if not worst than Germany gets praised......................^&confuse^&confuse
Just shows how fanatical the Japs where.
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I'm with you mate, this bloke was treated like a hero when he returned to Japan after spending 30 plus years playing a really bad game of hide and seek....and then goes and lives in South America.....what an idiot!!
 
wayne556517 said:
They catch a 90+ year old German and most people can't hang him quick enough,but this bloke who fought for a country that was as bad if not worst than Germany gets praised......................^&confuse^&confuse
Just shows how fanatical the Japs where.
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Wayne

Agree with you to a point but one was a soldier and the other was a soldier who committed war crimes. There has to be a difference or we would have to hang everyone who wore a German or Japanese uniform - including the last Pope. As for the German - I never said I would hang him quickly ...

Jack
 
I read his book, probably thirty years ago. It was quite interesting, though it glossed over the 40 or so Filipinos he and the other few killed. Japan was and is a different place. It's not something we understand but I get it that he was fetted on his return and I don't hold a grudge against him. The Japanese holdouts are a remarkable part of the WW2 story. There were quite a few like him, though I think he was the last to be found. Interestingly, about 12 years ago, I was speaking to an Australian soldier who had been part of the peace-keeping force on Bouganville in the late 90s. He was told by villagers that it been only recently that Japanese had stopped coming down from the mountains to steal food. True or not, I'm sure there were some that 'heldout' till old age claimed them.
 
Jack said:
Wayne

Agree with you to a point but one was a soldier and the other was a soldier who committed war crimes. There has to be a difference or we would have to hang everyone who wore a German or Japanese uniform - including the last Pope. As for the German - I never said I would hang him quickly ...

Jack
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I said most mate wouldn't dare speak for all,yeah agree to a point and don't get me started on the pope and his mates...........................^&grin
 
Dedicated and fanatical, no doubt. Admirable? Not really. As Larso pointed out, this man killed or assisted in killing many innocent people who had a right to live their lives in peace. A holdout Nazi hiding in the Austrian Alps and killing people on a regular basis for 20 or 30 years would hardly be admired. It is a sad thing that this man wasn't caught or stopped much sooner. -- Al
 
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