(Re)storying Okinawa: Mapping Military Waste

MW3: Discovery of Thousands of Rounds of munitions

Item of Military Waste (MW)
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MW3
1/26/22
Discovery of thousands of rounds of munitions
WWII land mine and 8,940 munitions discovered during magnetic survey of former US Army Awase Meadows Golf Course
US Army, Awase Gold Course Re-development Project Promotion Team, Japanese Ground Self Defense Force
Awase Meadows Golf Course
Now called Taiyo Golf Course
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WWII land mine, and 8940 munitions including 35 75mm artillery rounds, 5,480 small arms, 26 signal arms
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“The discovery of unexploded ammunition dating from the Battle of Okinawa in the spring of 1945 is common on Okinawa, where the 83-day battle is called the “Typhoon of Steel.”

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