6. Onoda Was Never Held to Account For the Dozens of Civilians Killed During His Holdout
Hiroo Onoda was never held accountable for the dozens of innocents killed during his holdout. Rather than ending his days in jail or on the gallows, he got to live a comfortable and long life, showered by accolades. A militarist through and through, who believed that the war had been a sacred mission, Onoda was unable to fit in the pacifist Japan to which he returned. The culture and country had simply grown unrecognizable to him. Within a year of returning to Japan, Onoda emigrated to Brazil, bought a cattle ranch, married, and raised family. He died in 2014, aged 91.