On such a night when a B29 bomber was flying away after having raided cities, one of the Japanese war planes which took off from Omura air base of the navy force hurled itself against the bomber. The scene of the accident was over the Taradake mountain ranging between Nagasaki and Saga prefectures. All the soldiers on board were killed. According to the man who engaged in salvaging the wreckage, a young soldier was among them and his face was still that of a boy. Fifty-six years have passed since then.
Few people know the accident and the war reminiscence is fading out of people fs minds.
But even under such circumstances, one old man set up a monument of the accident with the soldier fs names carved on the stone on his own land and performs the memorial service on November 21 st every year. It is the date of the accident. It is carried out through unselfishness of the old man and the pure love of human beings and peace. Many lives were lost in the last war. It was a big blunder that we human beings should never commit twice.