5 Reasons Why Okinawa Is the Most Haunted Place in the Military

The profession of arms deals in death, no matter what an individual’s military career might be. Cooks feed warfighters who are out there dealing death. Finance is reimbursing travel vouchers for troops who likely dealt some death. Combat cameramen are documenting the history of dealing death and inspiring others to join in. It’s not a moral judgement; that’s just the reality of what’s happening.

With this in mind, not only does it make sense that some military installations, vehicles, and battlefields would be haunted (if you believe in that sort of thing)—it should actually make us wonder how military installations, vehicles, and battlefields aren’t more haunted.

No where else are the hauntings more apparent than in Okinawa, Japan. Stories from service members about their interactions with spectral apparitions permanently deployed to Okinawa abound on the internet. From objects breaking and disappearing on their own to getting radio traffic from World War II, this little island has everything.

What follows are just a few of the most frequent, which really makes us believe that Okinawa has to be the most haunted place in the the U.S. military.