"ORDERS... ARE ORDERS"
He Was Sent To...Lubang Island....In The Phillipines...His Orders Were...To Do All That He Could To Hamper The Enemy...Including Destroying The Air Strip There... And Also... The Harbor...He Was Also Ordered... By His Commander ....To Never Surrender..Or To Take His Own LifeAfter Being Just Promoted To Lieutenant..The Enemy Attacked....And All But He... And 3 Other Soldiers Survived
The Lieutenant Ordered His 3 Surviving Soldiers To Flee To The Hills
Eventually..World War 2 Ended....But Not For the Lieutenant..He Had Orders Not To Surrender
The Enemy Dropped Flyers Onto The Jungle That Stated The War Was Over
The Lieutenant Thought It Was A Trap..So He Would Not Come Out
As Time Went On...The Lieutenant Had Fire Fights With The Locals...Killing Some Of Them
Eventually...In The Early 50s....One Of The 3 Remaining Under His Command..Left ...And Surrendered To The Authorities
The Other Two Were Eventually Killed In Fire Fights With The Locals
After Years That Went By..A Young Man Named Norio Suzuki..Who Was Looking For Him..Found Him In The Jungle
Andn Told Him That The War Had Been Over For Some Time
The Lieutenant Wanted Better Proof Than Just Words
Suzuki Returned To Japan... With A Picture Of Him And The Lieutenant As Proof
With This Proof... Of A Soldier ....That Was Still There In The Phillipines...Fighting The War
The Japanese Government Found His Commanding Officer...Major Yoshimi Tanaguchi
The Government Flew His Commanding Officer To The Island Of Lubang
After Almost 29 Years Of Still Fighting A War That Was Over
And....Upon Being Ordered...In Person.... By His Commanding Officer That He Can Surrender
Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda..Walked Out Of The Jungle ....And Formally Surrendered To The Authorities
After All.........."Orders Are Orders"
