标题: Biden Thanks US Forces for Their Japanese Relief Efforts [打印本页] 作者: 李武军 时间: 2011-8-26 07:08 标题: Biden Thanks US Forces for Their Japanese Relief Efforts
美国军队参加了3月日本受灾后美国对日本的大规模救援行动。地震摧毁了日本东北部沿海地区的所有城镇，导致两万多人死亡或失踪。美国航空母舰“罗纳德·里根号”和另外18艘美国军舰参加了代号为“朋友”的救援行动。
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden wound up his Asian tour Wednesday by thanking U.S. service members and their families for their assistance to the Japanese people after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.Mr. Biden expressed his appreciation to the service personnel at the Yokota Air Base outside Tokyo for helping to save countless lives. He said they had shown the world America at its best.The visit was the vice president's final stop before flying home at the end of a week-long trip that also took him to China and Mongolia.
U.S. military forces participated in a massive U.S. relief effort after the March disasters, which destroyed whole towns along Japan's northeastern coast and left more than 20,000 people dead or missing.The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan and 18 other U.S. warships took part in the effort known as Operation Tomodachi, which is Japanese for friends.
