Cpl. Tori K. Tadehara, a heavy equipment mechanic, Task Force Fuji, III Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), fixes a seven-ton truck March 25 that broke down here. The truck was part of a convoy supplying kerosene for heating to areas of Japan hardest hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Shelters, group homes and temporary Japanese Self-Defense Force bases established to conduct disaster relief and humanitarian assistance operations will receive the heating fuel. Throughout three-day mission, the Marines and sailors of TFF delivered 140 barrels of kerosene while traveling more than 400 miles on mountain roads in temperatures that were frequently below freezing.
Date Taken: | 03.25.2011 |
Date Posted: | 03.26.2011 01:52 |
Photo ID: | 382525 |
VIRIN: | 110325-M-JG138-025 |
Resolution: | 4368x2912 |
Size: | 596.73 KB |
Location: | SENDAI, AICHI, JP |
Web Views: | 106 |
Downloads: | 3 |
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