[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, GLOBAL: "Hundreds of Munitions Leftover from WWII Have Been Detonated Underwater Off Okinawa"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hundreds of Munitions Leftover from WWII Have Been Detonated Underwater Off Okinawa


By  Matthew M. Burke and Mari Higa
Stars and Stripes 
December 16, 2021

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa -- The first of more than 600 unexploded munitions uncovered on Okinawa this year were detonated underwater this week by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

The service blew up 319 items, including bullets and grenades, at 10:15 a.m. Tuesday, about a half-mile offshore from Naha Port's Shinko Wharf, a Naha city spokesman told Stars and Stripes by phone Thursday.

The ordnance was uncovered during the dredging of Naha Port between March and November. They are believed to be American-made and dropped during the pivotal Battle of Okinawa that lasted from April 1 to June 22, 1945, the city spokesman said.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/12/16/hundreds-of-munitions-leftover-wwii-have-been-detonated-underwater-off-okinawa.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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