The third from the left-most monument.

Monument

The monument consists of a large rectangular horizontal stele featuring granite panels that detail the history of Mt. Fubo and its American World War II air crashes. It also includes a brief history of the memorial park's construction. The inscriptions are written in both English and Japanese. On top of the monument is a free-standing large granite panel containing the epitaph also written in English and Japanese that reads "For peace of the earth."

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Vertical panel on the top of the stele: 

For peace of the earth

Speaker of the House of Representatives

On the horizontal stele: 

Fubo Peace Memorial Park Epitaph

Between 9:30 p.m. on March 10 and 2:00 a.m. on March 11, 1945, at a time when the Pacific War was escalating to truly fierce levels, three U.S. Military B-29 bombers successively crashed into the side of Mt. Fubo. In this regard, March 10 was the date of the Great Tokyo Air Raid. According to reports from the local residents, meanwhile, Mt.Fubo and the entire Zoo mountain range experienced fierce blizzard conditions on the night of March 10.

To this day, however, it remains a mystery why these three aircraft were flying in the direction of Mt. Fubo and the Zoo Mountains, and for what reason or circumstances they went down in that terrain. What is known is that, as a result of those crashes, all 34 U.S. Air Force crewmembers on those aircraft lost their lives.

In 1961, our predecessors in this region, joining together in the spirit of "Brotherhood among all Mankind" and in bonds transcending all feelings of love and hate, constructed a monument, known as "Fubo-no-Hi," near the summit of Mt. Fubo. In doing so, they also went on record with their prayers for eternal world peace.

On this occasion, over 70 years after that fateful night, Fubo Peace Memorial Park has been completed on a site of several dozen hectares at the foot of Mt. Fubo. The project has included the construction of a "World Peace Stone Monument," along with the planting of approximately 3,000 mountain cherry and weeping cherry trees.

With this, we convey our prayers for the repose of the souls of the 34 American war heroes who perished here. Likewise, we also salute the some 50 million persons, around the world, including in Japan who died in the clashes during the years of the Second World War.

Likewise, we raise our voices for the sake of today's and tomorrow's children, who will shoulder the burdens of this world over the years to come, and far into the future, in our resolve to never allow memories of the cruelty and horrors of war to fade into oblivion.

ln the interest of passing on the spirit of the dignity of life, and the nobility of peace, we pray for eternal harmony and pledge to never engage in the waging of war again.

This, briefly stated, is the purpose, and the mission, behind the construction of Fubo Peace Memorial Park.

Let us never overlook, furthermore, that the lush lands at the base of Mt. Fubo are the legacy of the pioneers who emigrated here after the Pacific War, bearing the scars suffered during that conflict. Buckling down to their arduous mission, one unwavering hoe stroke after another, those new residents cultivated the fields and the ground into their current green and fertile state.

Finally, Mt. Fubo, literally meaning " Unforgotten Mountain," truly exudes the presence of a sacred peak, overflowing in compassion and benevolence. By its very nature, it affords comfort and consolation to the souls of the American servicemen who tragically met their end here, some 10,000 miles from home, while extolling the joys and hopes of peace, and vibrant progress for the future, to all come here.

 August 2, 2015         Fubo Peace Memorial Park Construction Committee