Hiroo Onoda

[SmallTown]

I always thought the story of the Japanese soldiers who refused to stop fighting at the end of WWII because they hadn't officially been told to surrender was apocryphal .

Turns out it's totally true and this guy was one of the last to hold out:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroo_Onoda

 

[SmallTown]

He literally got away with murder too. Philipines courts ruling that he couldn't be charged for the people he shot and killed because he was still at war!

Crazy

 

[HarryVegas]

I remember that story, it always seemed to be a talking point and comedy staple when I was a kid!

 

[SmallTown]

Yeah, there's an episode of Archer where it happens which also references an episode of the six million dollar man with the same plot.

I always thought it was a myth.

I love the fact the Japanese army gave him 30 years of back pay, which he refused!

Also I would love to hear the story of the guy that found him, given he said he was looking for "Lt Onoda, a panda, and the abominable snowman. In that order"