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02-20-03, 06:27 AM
Divers find missing Marine’s body
Associated Press
TOKYO — A Marine who disappeared Monday while diving off Japan’s southern island of Okinawa was found dead Tuesday in an underwater cave.
The body of Sgt. Aaron Roepke, 24, was discovered by an Air Force diver, according to Okinawa prefecture spokesman Shinpachi Higashizato.
Roepke was based at Futenma Marine Corps Air Station in Okinawa. Higashizato did not know Roepke’s home town, but said he went missing Monday while diving with three others.
The others, also Marines, emerged from the underwater cave and returned to the surface when their air tanks were running low, according to Japan’s Kyodo news.
They then realized Roepke was not with them.
Copyright 2003 The Associated Press
Sempers,
Roger
Associated Press
TOKYO — A Marine who disappeared Monday while diving off Japan’s southern island of Okinawa was found dead Tuesday in an underwater cave.
The body of Sgt. Aaron Roepke, 24, was discovered by an Air Force diver, according to Okinawa prefecture spokesman Shinpachi Higashizato.
Roepke was based at Futenma Marine Corps Air Station in Okinawa. Higashizato did not know Roepke’s home town, but said he went missing Monday while diving with three others.
The others, also Marines, emerged from the underwater cave and returned to the surface when their air tanks were running low, according to Japan’s Kyodo news.
They then realized Roepke was not with them.
Copyright 2003 The Associated Press
Sempers,
Roger