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Last japanese hold out finally dead

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He’s dead.

http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/the_wwii_soldier_who_refused_to_believe_the_war_was_over_dies_at_91_2014011
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Nice article.
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Marked for future reference.
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There’s a Confederate soldier still holding out somewhere in the Everglades.

Or was I watching Deputy Dawg?
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@frimmel:

I think the movie is likely to be feminist pandering. Jermo hit on the essential message – people mess things up. I don’t see how they would ever let that through in a film. A simple one like a woman’s beauty is useless in a world without men will never make into the film.

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