Hiroo Onoda was 91 years old . Hiroo Onoda would n't accept Japan 's World War II defeat until 1974 . Comment: His former commanding officer had to travel to the island to persuade him to give up . Onoda died of pneumonia in a Tokyo hospital Thursday , a collegue says .
Hiroo Onoda would n't accept Japan 's World War II defeat until 1974 . Comment: His former commanding officer had to travel to the island to persuade him to give up . Onoda died of pneumonia in a Tokyo hospital Thursday , a collegue says .