Police: No sign of Marine missing in Okinawa seas

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Police: No sign of Marine missing in Okinawa seas
By Natasha Lee and Chiyomi Sumida, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Wednesday, November 12, 2008

ONNA, Okinawa — The Japan Coast Guard and U.S. military continued to search Monday for a 29-year-old Marine reported missing Sunday while snorkeling near Maeda Point off the western coast of Okinawa.

He was snorkeling with a 20-year-old Marine when he was swept away by strong waves, said a spokesman for the Okinawa Prefectural Police in Uruma.

The younger Marine was able to swim back to shore and alerted a nearby man who called Okinawa police around 2 p.m., military and Japanese authorities said Monday.

The Marine declined medical treatment and was later released to a unit representative, said Marine spokesman 1st Lt. Adrian Rankine-Galloway.

In an e-mail Monday to Stars and Stripes, Rankine-Galloway said the two Marines could not be identified due to privacy and next-of-kin notification procedures, though Okinawa police released their ages.


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