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Okinawa Christians sing outside U.S. military base wishing for a peaceful world without fence Carolers gather to sing and pray for peace at the 33rd Christmas for Okinawans event held outside Camp Foster in Kitanakagusuku, on December 13. December 16, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo By Hirofumi Mazaki
Kitanakagusuku On the evening of December 13, about 70 people gathered outside one of the gates to U.S. Marine Corps’ Camp Foster for the 33rd Christmas for Okinawans event, which was organized by various Christian denominations within Okinawa. Three years since a window fell from a U.S. military helicopter and landed on Futenma Daini Elementary School in Ginowan City and four years since the MV-22 Osprey (vertical takeoff and landing aircraft) crashed on a beach in Abe, Nago City, the carolers sang and prayed for peace. ....