Two American civilian employees of the U.S. military drowned Thursday while swimming in rough seas off Okinawa, police said.
The two were identified as 41-year-old Robert Ashbaugh and 54-year-old Kenneth Williams, both employees at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa island, according to Okinawa Prefectural Police spokesman Takaji Haneji.
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