Record of postwar fatalities and sex crimes caused by US military in Okinawa

Here is a short timeline of fatal crimes, incidents and sex attacks that members of the United States military forces have committed in Okinawa since the end of World War II in 1945.
* September 1955: An American military member rapes and kills a 6-year-old girl in Kadena.
* June 1959: A U.S. fighter jet crashes into Miyamori Elementary School in Ishikawa, killing 17, including 11 children.
* June 1965: A trailer falls from a U.S. military plane during training in Yomitan, landing on a girl and killing her.
* July 1966: An American serviceman kills a woman in Kin.
* May 1968: An American serviceman rapes and kills a woman on the side of the road in Yomitan.
* February 1969: An American serviceman kills a woman in Koza.
* December 1970: A U.S. military member's car crash sparks rioting in Koza with citizens torching over 70 U.S. military vehicles.
* April 1972: An American serviceman kills a woman in Kitanakagusuku.
* August 1972: An American military member kills a woman in Ginowan.
* December 1972: An American serviceman kills a woman in Koza.
* March 1973: An American serviceman kills a female restaurant worker in Koza.
* April 1973: An American service member is involved in a fatal tank accident in Kin.
* October 1974: An American military member kills a woman in Nago.
* May 1995: An American serviceman kills a woman in Ginowan.
* September 1995: Three U.S. military members abduct an elementary schoolgirl in the northern part of the prefecture, keeping her captive in their car before gang raping her. The crime sparks tremendous anti-base sentiment within the prefecture and anti-base rallies are held throughout Okinawa in October.
* October 1998: A U.S. Marine kills a schoolgirl in a hit-and-run in Kitanakagusuku.
* July 2000: A U.S. Marine breaks into an Okinawa apartment, performing indecent acts on the junior high schoolgirl sleeping inside.
* June 2001: A U.S. military member rapes a woman in her 20s in Chatan.
* May 2003: A U.S. Marine rapes a 19-year-old teenager in Kin.
* July 2005: An American serviceman indecently assaults an elementary schoolgirl in Okinawa.
* February 2008: A U.S. Marine is arrested for raping a junior high schoolgirl in Okinawa.
（Mainichi Japan） February 13, 2008