@thefactvaultfiles: A Japanese intelligence officer, he was sent to Lubang Island in the Philippines in 1944 with orders never to surrender. When the war ended, he stayed in the jungle. Leaflets saying it was over? He thought they were enemy tricks. Letters from his family? He suspected forgeries. Search parties? He treated them as ambushes. It took until 1974, 29 years later, when his former commanding officer flew to the island and personally ordered him to stand down. Only then did he lay down his weapons and come out. It’s one of the strangest true stories of the 20th century: a man loyal to orders long after the world around him had moved on. 🌴 💬 Would you have believed the leaflets, or kept fighting? Tell me in the comments. 🔔 Follow @FactVaultFiles for a new true story or strange fact every day. #hirooonoda #ww2 #History #historyfacts #truestory
