it was not turning in his neighbors he was on the team that went in and looted the houses.. The story I heard is that he was allowed to stay alive because someone overseas was paying to keep him alive, and that he proved useful in looting homes of the wealthy because he knew what valuables they had. Hard to know what truth is and what is not truth. The farther we get from that time period the harder to know the truth.

lots of cao's at the end of World War 2. someone who is young looking under 30 can fake a younger age. I myself looked as if I was 13 or 14 till I was in my early 30 s. now at 56 I look old