Kadena (嘉手納町, Kadena-chō, Okinawan: Kadina) is a town located in Nakagami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As of October 2016, the town had an estimated...
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the Battle of Okinawa in April 1945, when a local construction firm completed a small airfield named Yara Hikojo near the village of Kadena. The airfield...
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After the Battle of Okinawa the United States established the first refugee camp in Okinawa in the area south of present-day Kadena Air Base. The population...
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and Ishikawa to form the new city of Uruma. "Kadena Air Base, Higashi, Kadena, Nakagami District, Okinawa -, Japan Sunrise Sunset Times". sunrise.maplogs...
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War, B-29 Superfortresses flew bombing missions over Korea from Kadena Air Base on Okinawa. The military buildup on the island during the Cold War increased...
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Yumiko-chan incident (category 1950s in Okinawa)
Isaac J. Hurt in Kadena, Okinawa on September 4, 1955. Nagayama's body was found near Kadena Air Base during the U.S. occupation of Okinawa. An investigation...
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Okinawa Island (沖縄島, Okinawa-jima, Okinawan: 沖縄/うちなー, Uchinaa Kunigami: ふちなー, Fuchináa), officially Okinawa Main Island (沖縄本島, Okinawa-hontō), is the largest...
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Kin Kunigami Motobu Nakijin On'na Oogimi Miyako Tarama Nakagami Chatan Kadena Kitanakagusuku Nakagusuku Nishihara Yomitan Shimajiri Aguni Haebaru Iheya...
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United States Forces Japan (redirect from Naval Forces Japan, Okinawa)
Air Station, Family Housing Annex), Iruma, Saitama Kadena Dependent Housing Area, Yomitan, Okinawa Kanto Mura Dependent Housing Area and Auxiliary Airfield...
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Kadena may refer to: Kadena, Okinawa, a town in Japan Kadena Air Base Reon Kadena, Japanese model and actress Kadeena Cox, British parasport athlete Kadina...
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of island hopping, the Allies were planning to use Kadena Air Base on the large island of Okinawa as a base for Operation Downfall, the planned invasion...
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United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortress crashed at Kadena Air Base on the island of Okinawa, Japan. The United States Air Force (USAF) Strategic Air...
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Kadena High School (カデナ高校, Kadena Kōkō) is an American high school located at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa City, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, administered...
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are primarily local business and residential wards. Ginowan Kadena Kitanakagusuku Okinawa Much of the Hamby area is home to the "Hamby Free Zone". Though...
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Naval Base Okinawa, now Naval Facility Okinawa, is a number of bases built after the Battle of Okinawa by United States Navy on Okinawa Island, Japan....
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that time he also took over his father's dōjō in Kadena, Okinawa. Shinjo has served on the Okinawa Karate Federation Board of Directors since 1980. He...
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Yomitan (redirect from Yomitan, Nakagami district, Okinawa)
The village is bound to the north by Onna, to the east by Okinawa City, to the south by Kadena, and to the west by the East China Sea. 31.5% of the land...
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Air Force assigned to the 18th Wing. The 623d is based out of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. The 623d is tasked to provide Command & Control within...
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International High School Okinawa Technical High School [6] Naha Commercial High School [7] Chatan High School (Chatan) Kadena High School (Kadena)[8] Kitanakagusuku...
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Kadena Air Base B-52 crash 1977 Yokohama F-4 crash 1988 Remscheid A-10 crash Cavalese cable car disaster (1998) Kyodo News (July 1, 2009). "Okinawa school...
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1977. Died in 1984. Raped and murdered 6-year-old Yumiko Nagayama in Kadena, Okinawa, in a crime which became known as the Yumiko-chan incident. Hurt was...
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Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga vouched for the removal of U.S. forces as a result of the incident. In June 1959, an F-100 fighter jet from Kadena Air...
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Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler (redirect from Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa)
(including satellite Yomitan Auxiliary Airfield) and Marine Wing Liaison Kadena, while not part of the Camp Butler complex, shares many resources with it...
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of Okinawa. The railway operated following four 762-mm gauge lines as of April 1, 1943: Naha – Yonabaru (Yonabaru Line, 9.4 km) Kohagura – Kadena (Kadena...
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Marine Wing Liaison Kadena (MWLK) is a United States Marine Corps logistics and liaison unit based at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa, Japan. They fall under...
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system having three lines radiating from Naha: one to Kadena, one to Yonabaru, and one to Itoman. Okinawa Electric also extended its routes. A horse-drawn...
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CIA A-12 Oxcart aircraft from the Project Black Shield squadron at Kadena, Okinawa, flown by pilot Jack Weeks, made three high-altitude, high-speed flights...
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Liaison Kadena, Kadena Air Base Kadena, Okinawa Japan 26°21′06″N 127°46′10″E / 26.35167°N 127.76944°E / 26.35167; 127.76944 (Kadena Air Base) Camp...
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unit of the United States Air Force, part of the 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. The 44th Pursuit Squadron was activated on 1 January 1941...
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Foster, Okinawa Island Kadena Elementary School, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa Island Kadena High School, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa Island Kadena Middle School...
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