Quote Originally Posted by Mike Cash
At least some of the soldiers have reported they knew the war was over. Some were ashamed to go back home after not having been victorious. Some thought there wouldn't be much of a Japan to go back to.

There were quite a few who voluntarily remained in Southeast Asia and who later helped in the military training of guerilla groups.

The idea of soldiers remaining isolated for decades not even knowing that the war was over is more myth than fact.
"I knew the defeat of Japan. "
Shoichi Yokoi and Mr. Onoda Hiroo are making remarks.
I watched an interview of Onoda by NHK broadcast of last year.
http://www.office-ju.com/index/tv/tv_onoda.htm