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Video by Gregory Johnson
Sailors and Marines Assigned to USS Essex Deliver Disaster Relief Supplies to Japan
U.S. Navy
March 22, 2011 | 0:55
Package about Pacific Ocean (March 22, 2011) - Sailors and Marines assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) work with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) to deliver humanitarian assistance/disaster relief supplies to areas of Japan affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Essex, USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) and USS Germantown (LSD 42), with the embarked 31st MEU, are operating off the coast of Hachinohe, Japan, in support of Operation Tomodachi. This video shows scenes from the hangar bay and flight deck. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Greg Johnson/Released). Released by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Chris Tucker, USS Essex PAO.
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