U.S. Marine shot in Hiroshima

U.S. Marine shot in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A U.S. Marine was shot and seriously injured Oct. 26 by an unidentified man in a car passing by as he was walking with two other Marines in downtown Hiroshima City (shown). The 21-year-old sergeant, whose name has not been released, and the two other servicemen are stationed at the U.S. base in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and arrived in Hiroshima the previous day for leisure.

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