U.S. support for quake-hit Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. military personnel transport relief goods to a helicopter from a U.S. naval vessel on March 29, 2011, in the Pacific off the Sanriku coast, northeastern Japan. More than 18,000 U.S. military personnel have been taking part in a post-disaster operation called ''Tomodachi'' (friends) to deliver relief items to disaster-hit areas.

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