A german construction worker has become the latest casualty of WWII.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/24/world/europe/24germany.html?ex=1319342400&en=6d8aeb3c21895b7e&ei=5089&partner=rssyahoo&emc=rss

I recall a big news story in the 1970's in which a Japanese soldier was found on a Phillippine island (?) who thought the war was still going on.

He had been separated from his regiment and had been hiding out in the jungle all that time.

I recall a big news story in the 1970's in which a Japanese soldier was found on a Phillippine island (?) who thought the war was still going on.

He had been separated from his regiment and had been hiding out in the jungle all that time.


His name was Hiroo Onada.

See here for more info on him http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroo_Onoda

Thanks for the link, dunkirk.

I recall a big news story in the 1970's in which a Japanese soldier was found on a Phillippine island (?) who thought the war was still going on.

He had been separated from his regiment and had been hiding out in the jungle all that time.

i've heard of it, too. but i think he was already brought back to japan.

I remember that too, but I didn't know the details, thanks dunkirk. That's pretty amazing.

I knew a couple of bricklayers who worked in Berlin about 20 years ago when the German economy was booming, I remember them telling me then, that their building site was evacuated about once a week, cause they were always digging up UXBs.

There was another story where some people were on an island in the mid-sixties and a japanese soldier in a one man sub landed on the island and actually took them prisoner for a short time.
Here's the story.

http://tv.msn.com/movies/movie.aspx?m=557076

Gilligans Island, please Brooks.
Me thinks tou been in Gilligans Bar and Grill.