31ST MEU CONTINUES RELIEF EFFORTS

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3/26/2011 USS ESSEX, Off the coast of Japan — The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit continues relief efforts off the northeast coast of Honshu in support of Operation Tomodachi, March 25. The MEU arrived off the coast March 19, after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated the region, March 11,2011. As of March 25, the unit has delivered more than 50,000 pounds of supplies via helicopter to affected areas including; Myako, Hamanaki, Yamada and Oshima Island.
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38.9080785, 141.5699919
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kesennuma oshima
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38.9080785
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141.5699919
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38.9080785,141.5699919
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31ST MEU CONTINUES RELIEF EFFORTS
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3/26/2011 USS ESSEX, Off the coast of Japan — The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit continues relief efforts off the northeast coast of Honshu in support of Operation Tomodachi, March 25. The MEU arrived off the coast March 19, after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated the region, March 11,2011. As of March 25, the unit has delivered more than 50,000 pounds of supplies via helicopter to affected areas including; Myako, Hamanaki, Yamada and Oshima Island.
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