Soldier fought for 29 yrs even after Japan's WWII surrender
Japanese soldier Hiroo Onoda continued fighting for 29 years after Japan surrendered in World War II (WWII) in August 1945. He remained in the jungle in the Philippines until 1974 because he thought that the attempts to get him to surrender were a ploy. He surrendered when his former commanding officer travelled to the Philippines to revoke his original orders.