NaJon Mitchell, Kubvumbi 10, 2018
From Portside
Munguva yekugara kwavo kwemazuva gumi, nhengo dze Prutehi Litekyan: Sevha Ritidian - Monaeka Flores, Stasia Yoshida naRebekah Garrison - vakapinda muchiratidziro chekugara uye vakapa nhaurwa dzakasiyana vachitsanangura kufanana pakati peGuam neOkinawa.
Dunhu reJapan reOkinawa rinogarwa kumabhesiki eUS 31, anotora 15 muzana yechitsuwa chikuru. Panharaunda yeUS yekuGuam, iro Dhipatimendi reDziviriro rine 29 muzana yechitsuwa - kupfuura hurumende yemuno, iyo inongova chete ne19 muzana. Uye kana mauto eUS akawana nzira, mugove wawo ipapo uchakurumidza kukura.
Parizvino, hurumende dzeJapan neUS dziri kuronga kuita fambisa marita angangoita zviuru zvina kubva kuOkinawa kuenda kuGuam - kufamba, zviremera zvinodaro, izvo zvinoderedza mutoro wemauto kuOkinawa. Tokyo yakatanga zvakare kudzosera ivhu parizvino rinoshandiswa nemauto eUS - asi chete kana zvivakwa zvitsva zvavakwa kumwe kunhu pachiwi.
Munguva yekushanya kwavo kuJapan, vatatu vagari vemuGuam vakazvionera vega matambudziko ari kusangana nevagari vemo.
Kudiwa Pamwechete
Munharaunda diki yeTakae - huwandu hwevanhu vanosvika zana nemakumi mana - vakasangana nevagari Ashimine Yukine naIsa Ikuko, avo vakatsanangura hupenyu hwakaita sekugara padivi pemashure 'Jungle Warfare Training Center, nzvimbo inokwana makumi matatu neshanu yemakiromita yaimbove nzvimbo yekuyedza. Agent Orange uye gare gare akadzidziswa naOliver North.
Mu2016, vakatsanangura vagari, Tokyo yakaunganidza mapurisa anosvika mazana masere emhirizhonga kumanikidza kuburikidza nekuvakwa kwemahelipad matsva eUS munzvimbo iyi.
"Chitsuwa chose inzvimbo yekudzidzira zvechiuto," akatsanangura Isa. “Kunyangwe tikumbira zvakadii hurumende yeJapan kuti ishandure zvinhu, hapana chinoshanduka. Maherikoputa emauto eU.S. uye Ospreys vanobhururuka pasi masikati neusiku. Vagari vava kutama. ”
Muna 2017, kwaivapo Njodzi dzemauto e25 dzemauto eUS muJapan - kubva ku11 gore rapfuura. Zvizhinji zveizvi zvakaitika kuOkinawa. Munguva pfupi yapfuura muna Gumiguru apfuura, CH-53E helikopta yakarova uye yakapisa padhuze neTakae.
Vagari vemuGuam vakashanyirawo Henoko, uko hurumende yeJapan yatanga basa rekutanga pakuisa nyowani nyowani yekumauto eUS kutsiva muzinda wemauto eUS Futenma, kuGinowan. Hwaro huchavakwa nekuzadza ivhu Oura Bay, inzvimbo yakakura kwazvo yezvinhu zvipenyu.
Vagari vemunharaunda vanga vachiratidzira vachipesana nechirongwa ichi kwemakore anoda kusvika gumi nemana. Vagari vatatu veGuam vakabatana nevaOkinawans panguva yekugara kwavo kwemazuva ese kunze kwenzvimbo yechigadziko chitsva.
"Ini ndinoremekedza varatidziri veOkinawan vakwegura vanoenda kuHenoko kunogara-mukati. Vanobviswa panyama nemapurisa emhirizhonga kanosvika katatu pazuva, ”akatsanangura Yoshida. "Mune dzimwe nzira, ndakanzwira tsitsi mapurisa akarayirwa kuti vabvise ava veOkinawa vakura vakashinga vakura zvekugona kuva vanasekuru vavo."
Vashanyi veGuam vakabva vabatana nevagari veTakae muTokyo, kwavakaendesa chirevo chakabatana kubazi rezveDziviriro neJapanese. Kukumbira kupera kwekuvakwa kwenzvimbo nyowani dzeUSMC pazvitsuwa zviviri, ino inguva yekutanga chirevo chakadai kutumirwa.
Nhoroondo Yakagovaniswa…
Gare gare, pamusangano wehurukuro kuTokyo University of Science, vagari vemuGuam neOkinawa vakatsanangura kufanana pakati pezvitsuwa zviviri izvi.
Mumakore mushure meHondo Yenyika Yechipiri, Pentagon yakatora nzvimbo pazvitsuwa zvese kuvaka zvivakwa zvemauto.
KuGuam, semuenzaniso, mauto akatora nzvimbo muRitidian, vachitora pfuma kubva kumhuri yaFlores. PaOkinawa muma1950s, vanopfuura 250,000 vagari - vanopfuura chetatu chevagari vechitsuwa chikuru - vaive kubvutwa nekutorwa kwepasi. Zvizhinji zveiyo nyika zvichiri kugara nemauto eUS kana Japan Kuzvidzivirira Kwemauto mabhesheni.
Kwemakumi emakore, zvitsuwa zvese izvi zvakashatiswa nemauto.
PaOkinawa, mvura yekumwa iri pedyo Kadena Air Baseyakasvibiswa nePFOS, chinhu chinowanikwa mumoto unopisa moto unobatana nekukuvara kwekuvandudza uye kanzira KuGuam's Andersen Air Base, iyo EPA yakaratidza kwakawanda kusvibiswa, uye pane kunetsekana mvura yekunwa yemvura yechitsuwa iri panjodzi.
Varwi vemuUS vanoti zviwi zvese zviri zviviri zvakasanganawo nekupararira kweAgent Orange - inoti Pentagon inoramba.
"Takarasikirwa nevatungamiriri vazhinji pazera diki nekuda kweichi chepfu," akadaro Flores achiudza vateereri muTokyo, achidudza huwandu hwekenza nechirwere cheshuga pachitsuwa chake.
… Uye Yakagovaniswa Chipo
Kusvibiswa kwemauto kuGuam kunoratidzika kunge kuri kuwedzera nekuuya kwezviuru zvemamwe marines. Pane zvirongwa zveku gadzira nyowani-moto-renji pedyo nechengetedzo yemhuka dzesango kuRitidian. Kana ikazadzikiswa, nzvimbo ino ichave yakasvibiswa neanofungidzirwa mamirioni manomwe emamiriyoni emabhomba pagore - uye neayo ese anoenderana anotungamira uye emakemikari zvinowedzeredza.
Zvematongerwo enyika zvakare, zvitsuwa zviviri izvi zvakagara zvichisarudzika nenzvimbo dzadzo.
Munguva yeUS yekugara Okinawa (1945 - 1972), vagari vaitongwa nemutariri wemauto eUS, nanhasi Tokyo ichiri kufuratira zvido zvemuno zvekuvharwa kwenzvimbo. PaGuam, kunyangwe vagari vaine mapasipoti eUS uye vachibhadhara mutero weUS, vanogashira chete mari yemubatanidzwa, havana mumiriri wekuvhota muCongress, uye havagone kuvhota musarudzo dzemutungamiri wenyika.
“Tinobatwa sevagari vechipiri munyika medu. Hatina izwi rekutamisa marine kuenda kuGuam, ”akatsanangura Flores.
Garrison, anobva kuCalifornia, anoziva njodzi dzechiuto chete. Akaudza vateereri veTokyo kuti sekuru vake vakarwa sei muHondo yeOkinawa uye vakatambura nePTSD semhedzisiro. Paakadzokera kuStates, akazova chidhakwa uye akafa makore akati wandei akazotevera.
"Tinofanira kumira munzvimbo dzese dzezvitsuwa dzinotambura nemasoja," akadaro.
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Jon Mitchell mutori wenhau weOkinawa Times. Mu2015, akapihwa iyo Yekunze Vanyori 'Kirabhu yeJapan Rusununguko rwePepenhau Mubairo weHupenyu Hupenyu Kubudirira kwekupika kwake nezvekodzero dzevanhu - kusanganisira kusvibiswa kwemauto - kuOkinawa
