U.S.Military Basesin Okinawa

Photo & Write：Shintaro SUDA

　Fortress Co.,Ltd

沖縄の米軍基地

Translator： Tokiko S

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● Marine Base ● Air Base ● Navy Base ● Army Base

❶ Naha Military Port 8 ❷ Camp Kinser 21❸ Marine Corps Air Station Futenma 42❹ Camp Foster　　　　　 76❺ Camp Lester　　　　　　 95

❻ Kadena Air Base 115❼ Army Oil Storage Facility 149❽ Kadena Ammunition Storage Area 158❾ Camp Shields　　　　　　 170❿ Torii Communication Center　　　　　 174

⓫ Awase Communication Station 192⓬ White Beach Military Port　　　　 197⓭ Camp McTureous　　　　 218⓮ Camp Courtney　　　　　 232⓯ Tengan Pier　　　　　　　　　　　 240

⓰ Camp Hansen　　　　　　　 249⓱ Kin Red Beach Training Area　　　 263⓲ Kin Blue Beach Training Area　　　 273⓳ Gimbaru Training Area（Restored fully on July 31, 2011) 293⓴ Camp Schwab 298� Henoko Ordnance Ammunition Depot 327� Gesaji Communication site 337

� Northern Training Area　　　　　　　 341� Okuma Rest Center　　　　　　 355� Yaedake Communication Site 367� Tsuken Jima Training Area　　　　　 371� 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

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CONTENTS

※ Text and captions in this book are written based on Traveller’s Guide to American Bases in Okinawa 　(Shoseki-johosha) http://www.shoseki-johosha.com

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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.　

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那覇空港

南城市

那覇市

浦添市

宣野湾市

豊見城市

糸満市

沖縄市

うるま市

伊江島

伊是名島

屋那覇島

瀬底島八重岳

名護市

フィリピン海

東シナ海

与那覇岳古宇利島

屋我地島

伊計島

宮城島

平安座島

浜比嘉島

浮原島

津堅島

久高島

残波岬

伊江島空港

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中城湾

金武湾

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沖縄本島の米軍基地　沖縄本島は長さ100㎞、幅４～28㎞。面積1208㎢の土地に123万人が住む小さな島だ。　ところがこの島のなかにある米軍基地の面積は233㎢。島全体の18.4％を占めており、その多くは住宅地に接した一等地にある。　日本全体から見ると、沖縄本島の占める面積はわずか0.3％。なのに在日米軍基地（専用施設）の70.6％がこの島にあるのだから、だれがどんな理屈をいおうと、まったく異常でアンフェアな状態にあることはあきらかだ（沖縄県全体でいうと、0.6%の面積に対して73.9%の米軍基地）。　沖縄の人たちは決して反米思想の持ち主ではない。ただ彼らが訴えているのは、「日米安保条約が日本の防衛に必要なら、日本全体でその負担を分けあってほしい。東アジアの安定に必要なら、東アジア全体で負担を分けあってほしい」　というごくまっとうな要求なのだ。このシンプルな論理に反論できる人間は、地球上どこにも存在しないだろう。　米軍基地の研究で有名なチャルマーズ・ジョンソン氏は沖縄の米軍基地について、「日本政府と米

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国国防総省が連携して沖縄を利用しているのです。（略）日本人は日米同盟を重視し、その恩恵も受けながら、本土に基地は置きたくないので、この島に基地を隔離して犠牲を押しつけているのです」と総括している。　この問題が日本にとってもアメリカにとっても、長い年月の末に絡みあった難解なパズルであることはまちがいない。だがこれ以上、本土の日本人が沖縄の米軍基地に対し「見て見ぬふり」をつづけ、同じ国民の痛みを放置すれば、やがて日本という国の根幹が溶解してしまうことになるだろう。

Part1那覇空港から普天間周辺まで❶那覇軍港❷キャンプ・キンザー❸普天間基地❹キャンプ・フォスター❺キャンプ・レスターPart2嘉手納基地とその周辺❻嘉手納基地❼陸軍貯油基地❽嘉手納弾薬庫❾キャンプ・シールズ10トリイ通信基地Part3与勝半島（勝連半島）と天願11泡瀬通信基地12 ホワイト・ビーチ軍港13キャンプ・マクトリアス14キャンプ・コートニー15天願桟橋Part4キャンプ・ハンセン地区16キャンプ・ハンセン17金武レッド・ビーチ演習場18金武ブルー・ビーチ演習場19ギンバル演習場Part5キャンプ・シュワブ地区20キャンプ・シュワブ21辺野古弾薬庫Part6北部演習場地区22慶佐次通信基地23北部演習場24奥間レスト・センター25八重岳通信基地Part7本島周辺の島26津堅島演習場27浮原島演習場28伊江島演習場

● 海兵隊基地

● 空軍基地

● 海軍基地

● 陸軍基地

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〔沖縄の米軍基地問題とは、つまり「海兵隊＋嘉手納」問題であることがこの地図からわかる。米軍がすでに不要なはずの海兵隊基地を返還しないのは、「次は嘉手納の返還だ」となることを絶対に避けたいからだろう〕

Kin Bay

Nakagusuku BayNaha City

Nago City

Okinawa Main Island

East China Sea　❶ Naha Military Port　　　　　　　　　　　 　❷ Camp Kinser　　　　　　　 　❸ Marine Corps Air Station Futenma　　❹ Camp Foster　❺ Camp Lester　　　 　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

● Marine Base ● Air Base● Navy Base● Army Base

As you can see in the map, the issues of U.S. base in 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”.

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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.

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　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.

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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 1972.

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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

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The view of Iejima from the sea.410

Photo & Write：Shintaro SUDA

U.S.Military Bases in OkinawaDate of Publication：December 7, 2011

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Translator： Tokiko S

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