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A moment of silence is observed at 2:46 p.m. Japan Standard time during the 5th Kesennuma City memorial ceremony remembering those who were lost in the Great East Japan earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster March 11 in Kesennuma City. Col. Roger J. McFadden represented Marine Forces Japan who responded to the disaster as a part of Operation Tomodachi. McFadden along with city representatives and Kesennuma City residents placed flowers on the memorial honoring the dead and missing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Royce Dorman)
160311-M-AO893-085.JPG Photo By: Sgt. Royce Dorman

Mar 16, 2016
Kesennuma, Japan - A moment of silence is observed at 2:46 p.m. Japan Standard time during the 5th Kesennuma City memorial ceremony remembering those who were lost in the Great East Japan earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster March 11 in Kesennuma City. Col. Roger J. McFadden represented Marine Forces Japan who responded to the disaster as a part of Operation Tomodachi. McFadden along with city representatives and Kesennuma City residents placed flowers on the memorial honoring the dead and missing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Royce Dorman)


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