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    the jap soldier that held out in the jungle until 1974 thinking the war was still going passed away today age 91?jp

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    According to the report i read on the news, there are believed to be two more lurking in the Phillipnes, but i suspect that this is really two japs who decided to stay there after the war, but they dont seem to want to break cover, KT

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    Hi Shipmates, will the two in the phillipnes get they wages? if they quit.

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    Talking about Japs we have a couple of japs living just down the street from me they could be students boarding there might ask them in for a drink of saki

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    HI Lou
    I thought you would have said "That's one less"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lou Barron View Post
    Talking about Japs we have a couple of japs living just down the street from me they could be students boarding there might ask them in for a drink of saki
    Keep a geiger counter handy Lou- you never know.
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    what about that then

    Can you imagine the work and technical expertise that went into this?

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    Absolutely brilliant! Quite a few japs would fit in that.
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    reminded me of flight of the phoenix, but in reverse
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    That looks like the one I flew in from CHCH NZto Singapore I did not have much bloody room

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