"During 6 months since the end of August 1942, at the South far out from our Fatherland, under offensive by the superior allied forces, had not the ammunition for firing also had not the rations for eating, there were the misery beyond the limitation as could not say, those who dies the victim - 3179 Soldiers of the Kawaguchi Brigade we dedicate the monument of repose for their soul, may sleep in peaceable. September 1993 Honiara Association/Fukuoka Japan