A chance discovery of a metal fragment on a mountainside in southwestern Japan led one man to uncover a forgotten wartime crash -- and reconnect grieving families from both sides of World War II.In September 1987, Hiroshi Kudo, then a prefectural employee in the town of Takachiho, Miyazaki Prefecture, was walking a mountain path with a colleague when something struck his toe.Partly buried in the ground was a piece of metal about 50 centimeters long, engraved with letters and numbers. He pulled it free."I instinctively thought it was an aircraft part," he said. "But why would it be in the mi…READ FULL ARTICLE
