Families of U.S. Marines get flu vaccine shots at drive-thru stat

GINOWAN, Japan - A woman gets a seasonal influenza shot at a drive-through vaccination station set up in the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2009. U.S. Marines and their family members receive the shots at the station in a process lasting just 20 minutes, including a simple health checkup and follow-up monitoring, an official in charge of vaccination said. (Kyodo)

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