FEATURE: Mountain find leads to forgotten WWII crash, links U.S. and Japan families

MIYAZAKI, Japan - 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.