Greeneville's Waddle arrives in Uwajima

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Scott Waddle, former skipper of the U.S. Navy submarine Greeneville, arrived at Matsuyama airport on Dec. 15 en route to the city of Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture. He plans to lay flowers at a memorial at Uwajima Fisheries High School for nine Japanese victims of a 2001 collision between the sub and the high school fisheries training ship Ehime Maru. His lawyer said Waddle will be staying in Japan until Dec. 17.

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