Hiroo Onoda
publication date: Thursday, October 31, 2013 (part of Fall 2013)
category: 
Records
clue: The last native Japanese soldier to give up the war now has a home in Brazil.
explanation: Onoda continued fighting the war alone on a Pacific Island for almost thirty years before discovered. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, Joanna Woods, Richard Slominsky, Mike Rothstein, and Elaine Beckland
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