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Guardian salvage delayed another week as crane found inadequate
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February 13, 2013
SASEBO NAVAL BASE, Japan — Efforts to salvage the grounded USS Guardian have been pushed back yet another week as crews failed to successfully anchor a salvage crane near the minesweeper, officials said Tuesday.The contracted crane Smit Borneo...
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Curfew eased for servicemembers in Japan
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February 13, 2013
YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — U.S. Forces Japan adjusted the curfew rules Wednesday, pushing back the start by an hour to midnight for servicemembers below E-5 and dropping it for higher ranks.
Servicemembers of all ranks in mainland Japan are barred...
40 years after release, POWs at Hanoi Hilton reflect on experience
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February 12, 2013
HANOI — Little remains downtown of the prison known as Hoa Lo, a name loosely translated as “hell hole.”Most of the French colonial-era complex was razed to make way for a luxury apartment high rise. The Vietnamese government turned what was left...
One-year sentence sought for airman who punched Okinawa teen
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February 15, 2013
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japanese prosecutors requested a one-year sentence Thursday for a U.S. airman for drunkenly barging into an Okinawa apartment in November, punching a teen in the face and damaging a television before falling from a third-floor...
