Japanese thank Soldiers for tsunami, earthquake recovery assistance - United States Army (press release)

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Japanese thank Soldiers for tsunami, earthquake recovery assistance - United States Army (press release)

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Dec. 30, 2014) -- March 11, 2011 is a date Command Sgt. Maj. Ron Joshua, and his wife, Maj. Rachel Joshua will never forget. They were in central Tokyo on their way to a Strong Bonds marriage retreat, sponsored by an Army chaplain, he said, when suddenly the ground shook violently. Joshua turned to his wife and said, "Oh my God, what is that?" Having grown up in Louisiana, Joshua said he's been in hurricanes, but never an earthquake. "Everything just started moving." The couple had just experienced shockwaves from the 9.0 magnitude Tohoku earthquake, the most powerful ever recorded to have hit Japan. It also generated a tsunami, which at one point was 133-feet high, according to scientists. The combination of the two events resulted in collapsed buildings and infrastructures, as well as nearly 16,000 deaths and over 6,100 missing. Three react...

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