Oba, the Last Samurai

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Jun 1986
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General Fiction General Fiction
Pages
241

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In July 1944, after 28 days of bloody battle, the island of Saipan was declared secured. All Japanese troops were assumed dead and all resistance ended. As in most Pacific battles, a number of enemy troops escaped to hide in the hills and jungle. Captain Sakae Oba, one of the Japanese soldiers on Saipan, a former high school geography teacher, organized a party of some 300 soldiers and civilians.

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First Edition Jun 1986 Random House ISBN 089141245X
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