Hiroo Onoda



Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda (小野田 寛郎 Onoda Hiroo; March 19, 1922 – January 16, 2014) is a former Japanese army intelligence officer who fought in World War II, and did not surrender until 1974, having spent almost thirty years holding out in the Philippines.

Quotes

 * Lieutenant Onoda, Sir, reporting for orders.
 * No Surrender: My Thirty-Year War, tr. Charles Sanford Terry (1999), ISBN 1557506639; after meeting his superior, Taniguchi, the first time in 30 years.

.''' I never do. I would hate to lose.
 * Some dreams are best not to wake up from.
 * Attributed by Judit Kawaguchi, "Words to Live By: Hiroo Onoda", The Japan Times, 16 January 2007
 * People cannot live completely by themselves.
 * Judit Kawaguchi, "Words to Live By: Hiroo Onoda"
 * One must always be civic-minded.
 * Judit Kawaguchi, "Words to Live By: Hiroo Onoda"
 * Without a huge shock, the sleepy-head, ignorant Japanese will never wake up.
 * Judit Kawaguchi, "Words to Live By: Hiroo Onoda"
 * '''Women should always do the dirty work
 * Judit Kawaguchi, "Words to Live By: Hiroo Onoda"
 * Never complain.
 * Judit Kawaguchi, "Words to Live By: Hiroo Onoda"
 * Life is not fair and people are not equal.
 * Judit Kawaguchi, "Words to Live By: Hiroo Onoda"