Ballad of a Soldier

Eiji Miyahara was in Surabaya, when he found out that Japan had lost the war. The 25-year-old Japanese soldier could not believe the news. "It did not feel like we really lost the war. At first, I did not know whether I should go home or not," recalled Miyahara, who is now 83 years old.

But then, he made a decision that changed his life. He decided to stay in Indonesia and joined local guerrilla fighters during Indonesia's struggle for indepen

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