The Soldier Who Fought a War Alone

He fought a war for twenty nine years all alone. Nineteen forty four.

Lubang Island, Philippines. Hiroo Onoda was a Japanese intelligence officer.

He was ordered to never surrender. Even after Japan surrendered in nineteen forty five,

he believed the war was ongoing. For nearly three decades, he survived in

the jungle, evading authorities, living off the land. In nineteen seventy

four, a former student found him and convinced him the war was over.

He finally surrendered twenty nine years after World War Two ended. Imagine living your

life thinking the war never ended. Could you survive alone like he did?