A Japanese soldier stayed hidden in a Philippine jungle for 29 years because he believed World War II never ended
- In March 1974, a gaunt, uniformed figure walked out of the jungle on Lubang Island in the Philippines and handed over his sword, ending a war that had, for him, never actually stopped.
- Hiroo Onoda was a Japanese army lieutenant who had been sent to Lubang late in the Second World War with orders never to surrender under any circumstances.
- Nearly three decades after Japan's formal surrender in 1945, Onoda was still there, convinced the war was ongoing, and he refused to lay down his weapons until the one thing his orders required actually happened, a superior officer arriving in person to forma
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- In March 1974, a gaunt, uniformed figure walked out of the jungle on Lubang Island in the Philippines and handed over his sword, ending a war that had, for him, never actually stopped.
- Hiroo Onoda was a Japanese army lieutenant who had been sent to Lubang late in the Second World War with orders never to surrender under any circumstances.
- Nearly three decades after Japan's formal surrender in 1945, Onoda was still there, convinced the war was ongoing, and he refused to lay down his weapons until the one thing his orders required actually happened, a superior officer arriving in person to forma
Sources: Times of India