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In 1974, Japanese explorer Norio Suzuki hacked his way into the Philippine jungle in search of the last known Japanese soldier who still believed he was fighting for the emperor in World War II.
Former Japanese imperial army soldier Hiroo Onoda (R) offers his military sword to former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos (L) to express his surrender at the Malacanan Palace in Manila on March 11, 1974. Onoda, who hid in the Philippine jungle for three decades because he did not believe World War II was over, died in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2014, at the age of 91. The former soldier waged a guerrilla campaign in Lubang Island near Luzon until he was finally persuaded in 1974 that peace had broken out. JiJi Press/AFP via Getty Images
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