Was Japan’s most famous army straggler a war hero or a rogue soldier?

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War hero or rogue soldier? Decades after World War 2, the myth surrounding Japan's most famous army straggler is being challenged. A Filipina-Australian film maker says it’s time to set the record straight about Hiroo Onoda, by giving his victims a voice.

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