Drunk in Okinawa
November 2025 | Early days of AA | Our Personal Stories

Drunk in Okinawa

A Marine officer returns to the island of his hard-drinking days.
But this time he’s joined the winning side

My first tour in Camp Hansen on Okinawa was as a young captain in the Marine Corps. My family was still in the States, and I had planned to bring them over after I got settled.

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