30,000 protest U.S. chopper crash in Okinawa

30,000 protest U.S. chopper crash in Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - About 30,000 people gather in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, Sept. 12 to protest the Aug. 13 crash of a U.S. military helicopter at the campus of Okinawa International University there and demand that the nearby U.S. Marine Corps Futemma Air Station be closed and returned. The crash injured three crew members and heavily damaged a building.

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