The was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call-sign was the . Hiroo Onoda, a Japanese holdout, served under the 8th Division on Lubang as an intelligence officer along with several other soldiers from the 5th division from 1944 until his surrender on March 9, 1974. He was the only survivor of a group originally consisting of 4 soldiers, Corporal Shoichi Shimada (age 30), Private Kinshichi Kozuka (age 24), Private Yuichi Akatsu (age 22), and Lt. Hiroo Onoda (age 23).
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| - The was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call-sign was the . Hiroo Onoda, a Japanese holdout, served under the 8th Division on Lubang as an intelligence officer along with several other soldiers from the 5th division from 1944 until his surrender on March 9, 1974. He was the only survivor of a group originally consisting of 4 soldiers, Corporal Shoichi Shimada (age 30), Private Kinshichi Kozuka (age 24), Private Yuichi Akatsu (age 22), and Lt. Hiroo Onoda (age 23).
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| - The was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call-sign was the . Hiroo Onoda, a Japanese holdout, served under the 8th Division on Lubang as an intelligence officer along with several other soldiers from the 5th division from 1944 until his surrender on March 9, 1974. He was the only survivor of a group originally consisting of 4 soldiers, Corporal Shoichi Shimada (age 30), Private Kinshichi Kozuka (age 24), Private Yuichi Akatsu (age 22), and Lt. Hiroo Onoda (age 23).
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