About This Lesson
literature, Guam history, WWII Pacific-Asian history, Japanese history, foreign cultures, multi-cultural
No Surrender Soldier is a historical YA novel set on Guam during 1972 Vietnam war era and includes a WWII subject. It shows the after effects of war on families for generations. It is based on a true event in history where a Japanese soldier hid on Guam for 28 years as WWII ended.
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