At least he was ready for it.

Damn. I wish there was somewhere she and people in a similar situation (like that former prisoner, for example) could ask for help

He is so lucky…

They had to bring his former commanding officer over to convince him the war was over. He did not believe people when they told him. He thought it was American tricks.

That poor guy!

https://www.history.com/news/6-soldiers-who-refused-to-surrender

Blast from the Past!

That's a true story. He was completely traumatized to learn the war was over.

. When he got back to Japan he thought the people had become soft & westernized & immigrated to Peru.

This was a guy who refused to believe. It's not that he didn't have access to information. And if you read about him, he survived by robbing people, and in some cases, killing them.

But NOT the last! Hiroo Onoda was the LAST Japanese to surrender - in the Philippines. He was out there for 29 years! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroo_Onoda

He asked "who won" and was trying to hurt himself when he was told "America". Then he surrendered. I have been on that beach right below this cave.

Like the movie "underground" by emir kusturica 😁

I remember that! I think it was even on here!

Wasn’t it a subplot in Kong: Skull Island?

Pretty sure it all went downhill after they killed Harambe? 🤔

HAHAHAH OOPS! the things that happen when you go on vacation ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Poor guy :( They should keep prisoners informed at least about basic things in the outside world so they can prepare them. This is so infuriating

You'd probably always wonder if you somehow stumbled into an alternate dimension.

Finally a positive one!

At least he heard about the virus before

Justice for George Floyd.

I witnessed the whole process and I was confused too

That is really sad.

Aww, that's too bad :( I bet you regret missing that

"Sketchy-looking" how, exactly?

Great time to learn how to work the internet I suppose...

oof.

Wow, he was so lucky! That was really close

Someone posted asking if he was assassinated but got downvoted and removed their comment. Not everyone is familiar with US politics from the 1970’s, so others may have a similar question. Richard Nixon was not assassinated but resigned due to withholding information about individuals who were stealing political information from the other party. He knew he would likely be impeached, so he resigned instead. His name has come up frequently in the last four years as many drew a parallel between him and the 45th US President and the difference in how they handled similar charges. If this is interesting, check out information on Nixon and the Watergate scandal, but hopefully I saved some people from having to do a Google search.

Me too. Went camping in Europe and completely missed the collapse of the USSR!

I bet he wanted to continue his solo journey, forever

Hate to break it to you, but ..

Aw

Can you do that again for the Israel-Palestina war? Please? It's worth a shot (umm... pun not intended)

I remember I was at a meeting when 9/11 happened. I'm an English teacher in Europe, and this happened in literally my first month of teaching at a school with primarily Muslim kids. Let's just say that the first two weeks were mostly talking. The kids were incredibly scared that they'd be blamed ...

Can someone please explain

So, they were NUN the wiser until he gave them the news?

Whoa Canada has new quarters every other year

Oh God and they are from Lombardy one of the areas in Italy that was hit the most from the virus!