Hiroo Onoda: The Soldier Who Didn't Know the War Ended

Japan surrendered in 1945. But Hiroo Onoda didn’t get the memo. Hidden in the Philippine jungle, he fought on for 29 more years, convinced the war raged on. Leaflets, loudspeakers, even his family—he thought it was all enemy trickery. He finally surrendered in 1974. His uniform? Still clean.

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