Union protests firing of model gun by U.S. Marine

Union protests firing of model gun by U.S. Marine

NAHA, Japan - Tokusuke Kaneshi (C), chairman of the All Japan Garrison Forces Labor Union, files a protest March 22 with the Naha Regional Defense Facilities Administration over an incident in which a U.S. Marine allegedly fired pellets from a model gun March 19 at two Japanese delivering pizza, from the barracks at a U.S. military base in Gushikawa, Okinawa Prefecture.

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