Wolemba Jon Mitchell, Epulo 10, 2018
kuchokera Portside
Pakukhala kwawo kwa masiku 10, mamembala a Prutehi Litekyan: Sungani Ritidia - Monaeka Flores, Stasia Yoshida ndi Rebekah Garrison - adachita nawo ziwonetsero ndipo adapereka nkhani zingapo zofotokozera kufanana pakati pa Guam ndi Okinawa.
Chigawo cha Japan cha Okinawa chimakhala ndi maziko 31 aku US, omwe amatenga 15 peresenti ya chilumba chachikulu. Kudera la US ku Guam, Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo ili ndi 29 peresenti ya chilumbachi - kuposa boma lapafupi, lomwe lili ndi 19 peresenti yokha. Ndipo ngati asitikali aku US atenga njira yake, gawo lake likula posachedwa.
Pakadali pano, maboma aku Japan ndi US akukonzekera kusamutsa pafupifupi 4,000 apanyanja kuchokera ku Okinawa kupita ku Guam - kusuntha, aboma akutsimikizira, zomwe zidzachepetsa mtolo wankhondo ku Okinawa. Tokyo yayambanso kubweza malo omwe akugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi asitikali aku US - pokhapokha ngati malo atsopano amangidwa kwina pachilumbachi.
Paulendo wawo wopita ku Japan, anthu atatu okhala ku Guam adadzionera okha mavuto omwe anthu amderalo akukumana nawo.
Kufuna Pamodzi
M'dera laling'ono la Takae - anthu pafupifupi 140 - adakumana ndi anthu okhalamo Ashimine Yukine ndi Isa Ikuko, omwe adafotokoza momwe moyo unalili kukhala pafupi ndi Jungle Warfare Training Center, malo okulirapo 35 masikweya kilomita omwe kale anali malo oyesera. Wothandizira Orange ndipo kenako motsogozedwa ndi Oliver North.
Mu 2016, anthu okhalamo adafotokozera, Tokyo adasonkhanitsa apolisi achiwawa pafupifupi 800 kuti akakamize pomanga ma helipad atsopano aku US m'derali.
“Chisumbu chonsecho ndi malo ophunzirira usilikali,” anafotokoza motero Yes. "Ngakhale tikupempha boma la Japan kuti lisinthe zinthu bwanji, palibe chomwe chimasintha. Ma helikoputala ankhondo aku US ndi ma Osprey amawuluka usana ndi usiku. Anthu okhalamo akuchoka. ”
Mu 2017, panali Ngozi 25 za ndege zankhondo zaku US ku Japan - kuchokera pa 11 chaka chatha. Zambiri mwa izi zachitika ku Okinawa. Posachedwapa mu October watha, helikopita ya CH-53E inagwa ndikuwotcha pafupi ndi Takae.
Anthu okhala ku Guam adayenderanso ku Henoko, komwe boma la Japan lidayamba ntchito yoyambira kukhazikitsa asitikali aku US kuti alowe m'malo mwa ndege yaku US Futenma, ku Ginowan. Maziko ake adzamangidwa ndi kuthiramo malo ku Oura Bay, dera lomwe lili ndi zamoyo zosiyanasiyana.
Anthu akuderali akhala akuchita ziwonetsero zotsutsana ndi dongosololi kwa zaka pafupifupi 14. Anthu atatu okhala ku Guam adalumikizana ndi Okinawans nthawi yomwe amakhala kunja kwa malo atsopanowa.
"Ndimalemekeza owonetsa okalamba a Okinawan omwe amapita ku Henoko kukakhala. Apolisi achiwawa amawachotsa katatu patsiku,” anafotokoza motero Yoshida. “M’njira zina, ndinamvera chisoni apolisi amene analamula kuti achotse anthu olimba mtima okalamba a ku Okinawa amene afika msinkhu woti angakhale agogo awo.”
Alendo a ku Guam kenaka adalumikizana ndi anthu okhala ku Takae ku Tokyo, komwe adapereka ndemanga ku Unduna wa Zachitetezo ku Japan ndi Unduna wa Zachilendo. Pofuna kuthetsa ntchito yomanga malo atsopano a USMC pazilumba ziwirizi, aka ndi nthawi yoyamba kuti mawu otere aperekedwe.
Mbiri Yogawana...
Pambuyo pake, pamsonkhano wosiyirana ku Tokyo University of Science, anthu okhala ku Guam ndi Okinawa anafotokoza kufanana kwa zisumbu ziwirizi.
Zaka zingapo pambuyo pa Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse, Pentagon idalanda malo kuzilumba zonse ziwiri kuti amange zida zankhondo.
Mwachitsanzo, ku Guam, asilikali analanda malo ku Ritidian, nalanda malo a banja la Flores. Ku Okinawa m'ma 1950, anthu opitilira 250,000 - opitilira gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a anthu pachilumba chachikulu - anali. kulandidwa malo. Ambiri mwa malowa akadali ogwidwa ndi asitikali aku US kapena Japan Self-Defense Forces maziko.
Kwa zaka zambiri, zilumba zonsezi zakhala zikuipitsidwa ndi ntchito zankhondo.
Ku Okinawa, madzi akumwa ali pafupi Kadena Air Basewaipitsidwa ndi PFOS, chinthu chomwe chimapezeka mu thovu lozimitsa moto chomwe chimalumikizidwa ndi kuwonongeka kwachitukuko ndi khansa. Ku Guam's Andersen Air Base, EPA idazindikira magwero angapo oipitsidwa, ndipo pali nkhawa kuti madzi akumwa pachilumbachi ali pachiwopsezo.
Omenyera nkhondo aku US akuti zilumba zonsezi zidagwiritsidwanso ntchito kwambiri ndi Agent Orange - akuti Pentagon ikukana.
"Tataya atsogoleri ambiri tili achichepere chifukwa cha kawopsedwe aka," Flores adauza omvera ku Tokyo, ponena za kuchuluka kwa khansa ndi matenda a shuga pachilumba chake.
… Ndi Kugawana Nawo
Kuipitsidwa kwa asitikali ku Guam kukuwoneka kuti kukukulirakulira ndikufika kwa masauzande ambiri apanyanja. Pali mapulani kumanga malo atsopano ozimitsa moto pafupi ndi malo othawirako nyama zakutchire ku Ritidian. Ngati zizindikirika, derali lidzaipitsidwa ndi zida zokwana pafupifupi 7 miliyoni pachaka - ndi zida zake zonse zolumikizana ndi lead ndi mankhwala.
Mwa ndale, nazonso, zisumbu zonsezi zakhala zikunyozedwa ndi maiko awo.
Panthawi yomwe US idalanda Okinawa (1945 - 1972), anthu okhalamo amawongoleredwa ndi oyang'anira asitikali aku US, ndipo lero Tokyo imanyalanyazabe zomwe akufuna kuti atseke. Ku Guam, ngakhale okhalamo ali ndi mapasipoti aku US ndipo amalipira misonkho yaku US, amalandira ndalama zochepa za federal, alibe oyimira kuvota mu Congress, ndipo sangathe kuvota pazisankho zapurezidenti.
“Anthu amationa ngati nzika za mtundu wachiŵiri m’dziko lathu lomwe. Tilibe mawu oti tisamutsire apanyanja ku Guam,” adatero Flores.
Garrison, wochokera ku California, amadziwa bwino kuopsa kwa nkhondo. Adauza omvera aku Tokyo momwe agogo ake adamenyera nkhondo ya Okinawa ndipo adadwala PTSD chifukwa chake. Atabwerera ku States, anakhala chidakwa ndipo anamwalira patapita zaka zingapo.
"Tiyenera kuyimilira zilumba zonsezi zomwe zikuvutika ndi usilikali," adatero.
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Jon Mitchell ndi mtolankhani wa Okinawa Times. Mu 2015, adalandira mphotho ya Foreign Correspondents 'Club of Japan Freedom of the Press Award for Lifetime Achievement chifukwa chopereka lipoti lokhudza zaufulu wa anthu - kuphatikiza kuipitsidwa kwankhondo - ku Okinawa.
