The narrator's father was 'associated with the military', and was part of an anti-Tojo movement in the Kanto Army to promote General Ishiwara; after the plan failed, he returned to the village on New Year's Day 1943 and shut himself up in the storehouse. There he wore the goggles later used by the narrator and used headphones to listen to a radio.
The narrator's father was connected to the military, and was involved in an anti-Tojo movement within the Kanto Army to support General Ishiwara; after the plan failed, he returned to the village on New Year's Day 1943 and secluded himself in a storage facility. There, he wore the goggles later used by the narrator and listened to the radio using headphones.