When Hiroo Onoda was 18, he was recruited in the Grand Japanese Army Infantry. Onoda trained as an intelligence officer in the ranger class “Futamata” of the Nakano School.

On 26 December 1944, he was sent to Lubing Island. He was well-ordered to do all he might to hamper enemy bouts there and not to submission under any conditions. When he landowning on the island, the officers banned Onoda from loud out his assignment. This made it easier for the US and Philippine forces to take the isle on 28 February 1945, subsequent in all but Onoda and three other militaries had either died or submitted. But Onoda sustained his campaign along with his friends and carried out guerrilla activities and betrothed in several shootouts.

The first time Onoda saw a leaflet proclaiming that Japan had submitted was in October 1945 which read, “The war ended on 15 August. Come down from the foothills!” But he decided it as allied publicity. In September 1949 one of the four soldiers, Yuichi Akatsu, walked away from the others and surrendered. Later in 1952, letters and family pictures were released from an aircraft influence them to surrender, but the residual three soldiers again decided that this was a trick.

On 7 May 1954, Shimada was killed by a search party. Kozuka was killed by two gunshots fired by local police on 19 October 1972 while he and Onoda, were red-hot rice that had been calm by farmers. Now Onoda was all alone. On 20 February 1974, Onoda met Norio Suzuki, a Japanese man who came to the isle looking for him. Onoda said Suzuki that he was waiting for orders from a larger officer & refused to surrender. Suzuki repaid to Japan with photographs of himself and Onoda as proof of their encounter. The Japanese government located Onoda’s impressive officer, Major Yoshimi Taniguchi. He went to Lubing Island, and on 9 March 1974, to meet Onoda and fulfill a potential he had made back in 1944, “Whatever occurs, we’ll come back for you