NaTakao Nogami, Asahi Shimbun
HIGASHI, Okinawa Prefecture – Aimbova Marine Marine weUS Matthew Hoh akamboshandira nyika yake kuOkinawa Prefecture, achitungamira kurovera kwehondo musango muno.
Nhasi, Hoh nevamwe vashanu vemauto eU.S. vabatana mukuratidzira kwemazuva ese vachipesana nekuvakwa kweUS Marine helipads musango rimwe chete.
Vari kutaura kuti kupenga kuparadza sango rakakura kuchamhembe kweOkinawa kuitisa zviitwa zvehondo.
Ivo veterans inhengo dzeVeterans for Peace (VFP), boka remauto eUS. Vakabatana nekuratidzira padyo neTakae, dunhu reHigashi, kubva mukupera kwaNyamavhuvhu. Hoh nevamwe vaviri vekare veUS Marines muboka racho vakambomira munzvimbo ino yekumaodzanyemba.
Varatidziri vari kuda kumisa chirongwa che helipad uye vari kuramba vachirwisana kubva muna Chikunguru nemazana emapurisa emhirizhonga akaunganidzwa kubva kuJapan kwese.
Vakarwa muhondo iyi vaiti vaitevedzera zvavakaudzwa nehurumende yeUS vasingabvunze mibvunzo vachiri vadiki. Zvisinei, vakatanga kupikisa zvinoitwa nemauto mushure mehondo yeIraq ya2003 pamwe nedzimwe mhirizhonga dzaisanganisira Afghanistan neVietnam.
Basa rekuvaka ina helipads ranga richienderera mberi padhuze neTakae kubva muna Chikunguru mushure mekumiswa kare nekuda kwekushora kwenzvimbo. Maviri helipads, ayo akapedzwa na2014, parizvino ari kushandiswa neUS Marines.
Iyo helipad chirongwa chakavakirwa pachibvumirano chemubatanidzwa muna1996 kudzosera hafu yenyika yeCamp Gonsalves, iyo 7,800-hectare US Marine Corps jungle yehondo yekudzidzisa nzvimbo yakatenderedza Higashi uye yakavakidzana musha weKunigami.
Chimwe chiitiko chechibvumirano ndechekuti helipads nhanhatu - imwe neimwe 75 metres dhayamita - yaizovakwa pakati pesango padhuze neTakae kutsiva avo vari munzvimbo kuti vadzosere kuJapan.
Hoh, makumi mana nematatu, anoziva musango mushe. Akatungamira mauto mukuboora kaviri pamwedzi munzvimbo yekudzidzira musango, asi akati kurovedza kwakadai kunogona kuitirwa muUnited States.
Vatungamiriri veJapan neUS, akaenderera mberi, aizoona kuti vaive vakanganisa zvachose nezve chirongwa chehelipad kana vakatsika musango, iro raakatsanangura serakanaka uye risina kuenzana pasirese.
Hoh akati akange aona mhuka dzakasiyana musango iye achidzidzira.
Akawedzera iye nevamwe vets vaive vakatsunga kukwevera pasi rose kutarisisa kune zviri kuitika muTakae uye zvakare kuratidza vanhu veOkinawan kurwisa kuvapo kwemauto eUS.
Okinawa, inomiririra 0.6 muzana yenyika yakakura, iri kumba kune 74 muzana yezviuru zveUS muJapan.
Veterans vaifanirwa kusiya Okinawa musi waGunyana 9 kuenda kuUnited States.
Nhumwa dzevakarwa hondo dzakaumbwa mushure mekunge VFP vabvumirana muchibvumirano chavo chegore negore muna Nyamavhuvhu kukumbira kumiswa kweprojekti yehelipad.
Iboka iri rinodaidzira zvakare kudzoserwa kwekuronga kutamiswa kwemabasa eUS Marine Corps Air Station Futenma kuGinowan kudunhu reHenoko reNago, vese vari mudunhu, pamwe nekukurudzira Osprey kutenderedza rotor ibviswe panhandare yendege yeFutenma. Futenma ndiyo yega base base muJapan panotumirwa ndege ine ruzha yeOsprey. Ndege yeOsprey yakabatanidzwa mune tsaona dzinoverengeka mhiri kwemakungwa, nekufa.
Imwe yenhengo dzakakurumbira dzeVFP ndiye Academy Award-anokunda mutungamiriri wemamuvhi Oliver Stone. Sangano iri, rakavambwa muna 1985, rine nhengo dzinofungidzirwa dzinosvika zviuru zvitatu nemazana mashanu. Inobatsira kuratidzira kupokana nemauto eUS kutenderera pasirese uye kukurudzira runyararo.
Mapurisa emhirizhonga akabvisa nechisimba varatidziri kubva mukupera kwaChikunguru sezvavanoramba vachiedza kudzora chirongwa che helipad nema sit-ins uye nedzimwe nzira.
