Show 9 Native watch with utmost interest the new wide-scale plans for rebuilding their island which the U. S. wrested from Japan during the bloody Pacific One phase of the program calls for a building project to make Okinawa one of America's strongest defense posts in the western The broad agricultural expanse reveals the degree to which the Okinawa land is utilized for The dam was built to provide irrigation for the stepped up rice production 11 I The themselves are being brought into governing jobs as part of the over-all plan to put them on an independent At Naha are located the offices of the civilian The office of the Chiji and all departments of native government are located But despite wars and subsequent Okinawa natives cling to their time-honored They are typically costumed for symbolic 1 1 ire 9 An important part of the island's recovery program is At left workmen are shown caulking the seams of a fishing vessel at The tremendous task of putting Okinawa on the road to recovery is assigned to Joseph R. The native rehabilitation program has put into operation such schools as the police academy for natives at 9 When the worst typhoon in 50 years struck Okinawa last it vented its fury on many shelters such as the one at the and destroyed almost every army and building on the Part of the new building program is designed to make the long island typhoon The thatched roof on the building when properly applied resists moisture for several |