The Consul General of Japan thanked service members who participated in Operation Tomodachi during a Kizuna Project event at Littleton High School March 22.
Operation Tomodachi, which means friendship in Japanese, facilitated relief efforts for Japan after the tsunami and earthquake in 2011. It involved the combined efforts of 24,000 American military members, 189 aircraft and 24 Navy ships, according to The Japan Times.
“We Japanese people, when we faced such harsh conditions, received so much assistance from throughout the world,” explained Ikuhiko Ono, Consul General of Japan, “but support from the American people and American military, our friendliest ally, had a very special meaning for us.”
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