[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, GLOBAL: "Workers uncover hundreds of WWII-era bombs from base construction site on Okinawa, " Japan

[Lenny Siegel]

Workers uncover hundreds of WWII-era bombs from base construction site on Okinawa

By MATTHEW M. BURKE 
STARS AND STRIPES 
March 17, 2021

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Nearly 300 bombs from World War II were uncovered and removed from a Kadena Air Base construction site in recent weeks, according to Okinawa officials and local media reports.

The first of the 296 unexploded munitions was found Feb. 10 on the east side of Route 38 on the base ordnance facility in Chibana, the Okinawa Times newspaper reported Sunday.

The bombs were discovered during work to prepare the site for warehouses being relocated from the Marine Corps’ Camp Kinser in Urasoe. The property in Urasoe will be returned to the prefecture.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/workers-uncover-hundreds-of-wwii-era-bombs-from-base-construction-site-on-okinawa-1.666072

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel at cpeo.org
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