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Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Sgt. Takashi Kawahara, an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technician with 101st Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit, prepares C4 for placement on unexploded ordnance (UXO) on Ie Shima Training Facility (ISTF), Okinawa, Japan, April 6, 2021. Over the past five years, ordnance has been collected on Iejima and stored away. At the request of the Ie Village office mayor, the JGSDF and Marine Corps Installations Pacific EOD technicians conducted UXO disposal operations to destroy the collected ordnance. ISTF is the only active demolition range aboard Iejima where the operation can be conducted. Kawahara is a native of Nagano Prefecture. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Terry Wong)

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U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Terry Wong/Released 210406-M-ZM399-1036.JPG

Apr 9, 2021

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Sgt. Takashi Kawahara, an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technician with 101st Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit, prepares C4 for placement on unexploded ordnance (UXO) on Ie Shima Training Facility (ISTF), Okinawa, Japan, April 6, 2021. Over the past five years, ordnance has been collected on Iejima and stored away. At the request of the Ie Village office mayor, the JGSDF and Marine Corps Installations Pacific EOD technicians conducted UXO disposal operations to destroy the collected ordnance. ISTF is the only active demolition range aboard Iejima where the operation can be conducted. Kawahara is a native of Nagano Prefecture. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Terry Wong)

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100

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