Japanese offier who famously hid out in the Philippine jungles until 1974, believing that rumors of World War II's end were just an Allied trick. Still alive at age 91. Hiroo Onoda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I've read his book several times. Quite amazing, both in his ability to survive for so many years without apprehension and to consciously deceive himself into thinking the war on-going despite the overwhelming evidence he encountered over the years that pointed otherwise. Keith