拜登感謝美國軍人蔘加日本震後救援大綱

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 . 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 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 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.星期三，美國副總統拜登在結束他的亞洲之行時，感謝美國軍人及其家屬在3月11號地震和海嘯後對日本人民的幫助。拜登前往東京郊外的美軍橫田空軍基地向士兵們表達了他的感謝。他說，他們向世界展示了美國最美好的一面。拜登的這次視察是這次一週出訪的最後一站，其間他還訪問了中國和蒙古，隨後他將乘飛機返回美國。

美國軍隊參加了3月日本受災後美國對日本的大規模救援行動。地震摧毀了日本東北部沿海地區的所有城鎮，導致兩萬多人死亡或失蹤。美國航空母艦“羅納德·里根號”和另外18艘美國軍艦參加了代號爲“朋友”的救援行動。