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Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler (or simply Butler Marine Base)
is a United States Marine Corps base located in the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa. It was named after Marine Corps Major General and twice Medal of Honor recipient Smedley D. Butler.




Installations


Camp Smedley D. Butler is actually a collection of facilities and satellite installations spread throughout Okinawa. Camp Smedley D. Butler was formerly called Camp or Fort Buckner, named for Army General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., who commanded ground forces in the invasion of Okinawa and was killed in the last days of the battle. The renaming of Buckner to Butler occurred after most U.S. Army troops left Okinawa, and the base was transferred to the USMC.

Additionally, Marine Corps Air Station Futenma (including satellite Yomitan Auxiliary Airfield) and Marine Wing Liaison Kadena, while not part of the Camp Butler complex, shares many resources with it.
Other Marine installations in Japan include Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni and Camp Fuji.




See also


Okinawa Marine
United States Forces Japan




External links and references



Butler's web site
Camp S D Butler, GlobalSecurity.org
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References

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• Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler
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• 3rd Marine Division
• List of United States Marine Corps installations
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• List of United States Marine Corps divisions
• Organization of the United States Marine Corps
• 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
• Camp Courtney
• Marine Corps Base Quantico