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The Japanese Soldier Who Didn't Surrender Until 1974
Hiroo Onoda, a Japanese intelligence officer, continued fighting WWII for 29 years after the war ended on Lubang Island in the Philippines. He believed leaflets were enemy propaganda. Finally, his for...
Read MoreThe Man Who Survived Both Atomic Bombs
Tsutomu Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on business when the first bomb fell on August 6, 1945. He returned to his hometown of Nagasaki, and on August 9, he was describing the first bombing when the second...
Read MoreThe Battle Americans Didn't Know About - Peleliu
The Battle of Peleliu in September 1944 is considered by historians as perhaps the ugliest, most vicious battle of the Pacific. 10,000 Americans and Japanese died for an airfield that was never used. ...
Read MoreNavajo Code Talkers Never Lost a Message
The Navajo code developed by Philip Johnston and 29 original code talkers was never broken by the Japanese. They used their native language, which was unwritten and extremely complex. Each code talker...
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The Soldier Who Carried His Sergeant 40 Miles
"40 miles through hell, carried by friendship"
When Sergeant William Carter was wounded in Burma, the jungle was 40 miles to Allied lines. His unit was ordered to retreat - no casualties could be carried. The Japanese were close enough to hear. P...
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