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1 沖縄の米軍基地 U.S.Military Bases in Okinawa Photo & Write:Shintaro SUDA Translator:Tokiko S Fortress Co.,Ltd 1

CONTENTS Marine Base Air Base Navy Base Army Base ❶ Naha Military Port 8 ❷ Camp Kinser 21 ❸ Marine Corps Air Station Futenma ❹ Camp Foster 42 76 ❺ Camp Lester 95 ❻ Kadena Air Base ❼ Army Oil Storage

2 CONTENTS Marine Base Air Base Navy Base Army Base ❶ Naha Military Port 8 ❷ Camp Kinser 21 ❸ Marine Corps Air Station Futenma ❹ Camp Foster ❺ Camp Lester 95 ❻ Kadena Air Base ❼ Army Oil Storage Facility ❽ Kadena Ammunition Storage Area ❾ Camp Shields ❿ Torii Communication Center 174 ⓫ Awase Communication Station 192 ⓬ White Beach Military Port 197 ⓭ Camp McTureous ⓮ Camp Courtney ⓯ Tengan Pier 240 ⓰ Camp Hansen 249 ⓱ Kin Red Beach Training Area 263 ⓲ Kin Blue Beach Training Area 273 ⓳ Gimbaru Training Area(Restored fully on July 31, 2011) 293 ⓴ Camp Schwab 298 Henoko Ordnance Ammunition Depot 327 Gesaji Communication site 337 Northern Training Area 341 Okuma Rest Center 355 Yaedake Communication Site Tsuken Jima Training Area Ukibaru Jima Training Ara 378 Iejima Auxiliary Airfield 394 U.S. bases in Okinawa Islands 383 Okinawa which is in a World 4 US Military Base in Okinawa Main Island 7 Emperor of Okinawa 33 Financial Burden for US Forces Stationed in Japan Omoiyari Yosan 36 The incident of US Military Helicopter Crash 64 Vassal state to the collapse of the constitutional government 66 Japan and Okinawa after World War II 105 American s Occupation is not over 188 Okinawa:the Island abandon by the Emperor 223 What was actually mean by Reversion of Okinawa 258 Marine of Okinawa goes to Guam 321 A proposal of V-shaped runways 324 Helipad Construction Plan 353 What Philippine could do, is also possible for Japan. 359 The U.S. Japan Security Treaty without U.S. Military stationed all the time and Asian Community 384 Text and captions in this book are written based on Traveller s Guide to American Bases in Okinawa (Shoseki-johosha) 2

3 Okinawa which is in a World For years the U.S. military have called Okinawa, Keystone of the Pacific.That makes sense as you see the location of this island, it look as though a key stone which was placed by a master of Goishi, to protect the entrance of the Pacific from Chinese main land But Okinawa was not the only land considered important during the cold war. The whole Japan archipelago itself as well as the Philippines was considered to be a line of defense from the communist forces. On January 12th, 1950, Dean Gooderham Acheson former United States Secretary of State said The defense line of America is a line which starts from Philippines, and runs right through Ryukyu Islands to Japan, Aleutian, and to Alaska, but the center of this line is Okinawa. Why is Okinawa so valuable that it s called the center of our line of defense or called the Keystone? The reason is not geographical, rather so that they can cut it off from Japan and take over and use this land in anyway they wish. As a result, Western Camp successfully blocked both Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and China in east Asia both of which were mighty communist countries, so that Japanese people in the mainland could speak of Peace Constitution peace at any price, or Three Nonnuclear Principles, without suffering self-contradiction. The current number of U.S. military personnel in Japan are 36,000, and 25,000 and 70% of them are in Okinawa. 4

4 ❶ Naha Military Port ❷ Camp Kinser ❸ Marine Corps Air Station Futenma ❹ Camp Foster ❺ Camp Lester East China Sea ❻ Kadena Air Base ❼ Army Oil Storage Facility ❽ Kadena Ammunition Storage Area ❾ Camp Shields ❿ Torii Communication Center ⓫ Awase Communication Station ⓬ White Beach Military Port ⓭ Camp McTureous ⓮ Camp Courtney ⓯ Tengan Pier ⓰ Camp Hansen ⓱ Kin Red Beach Training Area ⓲ Kin Blue Beach Training Area ⓳ Gimbaru Training Area(Restored fully on July 31, 2011) ⓴ Camp Schwab Henoko Ordnance Ammunition Depot Gesaji Communication site Northern Training Area Okuma Rest Center Yaedake Communication Site Tsuken Jima Training Area Ukibaru Jima Training Are Iejima Auxiliary Airfield 6 Naha City Kin Bay Nakagusuku Bay Nago City A s y o u c a n s e e i n t h e m a p, t h e i s s u e s o f U. S. b a s e i n Okinawa are Marine Corps + Kadena Air Base. The reason why U.S. military won t return the Marine Corps base, which is no longer in use, is to avoid Return the Kadena base next. Okinawa Main Island Pacific Marine Base Air Base Navy Base Army Base

U.S. Military Bases in Okinawa Main Island Okinawa main island is a small island with a length of 100 km and a width of 4km to 28km, with an area of 1208 square kilometers with 1.23 million residents.

5 U.S. Military Bases in Okinawa Main Island Okinawa main island is a small island with a length of 100 km and a width of 4km to 28km, with an area of 1208 square kilometers with 1.23 million residents. But the area of U.S. Base located in this island is 233 square kilometers which is taking up 18.4 % of this island and a large portion of which is located near residential districts. The Okinawa Main Island in comparison with all of Japan is about 0.3 %. The U.S. Base (exclusive-use facilities) is taking up 70.6% of this island which is obviously not normal and is an unfair situation. (Comparing the entire Okinawa prefecture, it will be 0.6% of Japan and 73.9% of the prefecture is being used as a U.S. Base) The people of Okinawa are not anti-u.s. But what they are pleading is If Japan-U.S. Security Treaty is necessary to protect Japan, then share the burden together as a whole Japan. If it is needed in East Asia, then share the burden together as a whole entire East Asia., which is reasonable request. Chalmers Ashby Johnson who is known for his research of US military, said the following about Okinawa Base, the Japanese government and Pentagon are using Okinawa in corporation. --- Japanese emphasize the Japan-U.S. alliance and are receiving its benefits, but did not want to set the Base in main land, so isolated the Base in this island and imposition the sacrifice. No doubt it is an abstract puzzle complicatedly tangled up after years. But if we keep ignoring the facts and leave the pain of citizens untended, then soon the root of the country we call Japan will be rotten. 7

1 Naha Military Port FAC 6064 ARMY Naha Military Port was originally opened by Shouhashi who first united Okinawa Main Island in 500 years ago for central of trading with China.

Korea, and Japan. Wharf in military port had an administration office and store building, and also have a large space for loading and unloading of military goods.

6 1 Naha Military Port FAC 6064 ARMY Naha Military Port was originally opened by Shouhashi who first united Okinawa Main Island in 500 years ago for central of trading with China. Since then, the port started to function as a main entrance of the Ryukyu Kingdom and grown to become one of the biggest ports in East Asia which has been actively trading with China, Southeast Asia, Korea, and Japan. Wharf in military port had an administration office and store building, and also have a large space for loading and unloading of military goods. A lot of war vessels and neclear power submarines in and out during a Vietnam War, but now hardly any military ships in harbor, only the transport boat which are loaded with tanks and truck come in once in a while. The reversion of Okinawa was in 1972, and return of this port was agreed two years after that, but the condition was to build new offshore military port at Urasoe (beach side of Camp Kinser) that it still not returned after 37years (Now is a year of 2011). Okinawa is called Ryukyu in an earlier time. 8

7 The GSDF base is spreading to the other side of Naha military port. There are also the MSDF and the ASDF bases that are further ahead of it, and the Naha Airport runway at the ocean side. All of them were U.S. military bases until the return of Okinawa to Japan in

The wall has some written as follow. Hirofumi Ito is early days of Prime Minister of Japan, and Resident-General of Korea, and he was assassin by Korean independence activist.

8 The wall has some written as follow. Hirofumi Ito is early days of Prime Minister of Japan, and Resident-General of Korea, and he was assassin by Korean independence activist. Hideki Toujou were Prime Minister of Japan during most of World War 2.which was captured as criminal of war and was executed by hanging after the war. To the U.S. military Give back our land. This is our country This is our village, our land Hirofumi Ito who are aggressor, Learn from the tragedy of Hideki Toujyou Your loved ones waiting at US main land. Listen to a peasant warning Then America will live long and live happily. For whom hold swords perished by swords (The Bible) For the country holds base perished by base (History) Remove training site immediately May 1955 Committee to Protect Land of Iejima 409

9 The view of Iejima from the sea. 410

U.S.Military Bases in Okinawa Special Thanks to J in Okinawa. Date of Publication:December 7, 2011 Photo & Write:Shintaro SUDA Translator:Tokiko S Publisher:Atsushi SUDA Publisher : Fortress Co.

10 U.S.Military Bases in Okinawa Special Thanks to J in Okinawa. Date of Publication:December 7, 2011 Photo & Write:Shintaro SUDA Translator:Tokiko S Publisher:Atsushi SUDA Publisher : Fortress Co.,Ltd Yokosuka 277-6, Kamogawa City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan Tel: FaX: It is prohibited to copy or reproduce either whole or part of this publication without permission. If you wish to purchase photos of U.S. Military Bases in Okinawa, click Okinawa US Bases in Kategory at the home page of Global Photo Exchange Co.,Ltd. Please send any reaction to our company s home page. c Shintaro SUDA

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