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U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. German Estrada, left, and Staff Sgt. Jaime Barajasmora carry a piece of debris while helping to clean the Minato Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Aichi, Japan. April 2, 2011. Estrada and Barajasmora are assigned to the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade. Marines and members of the Japan Self-Defense Force helped clean debris from the school as part of Operation Tomodachi.

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. German Estrada, left, and Staff Sgt. Jaime Barajasmora carry a piece of debris while helping to clean the Minato Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Aichi, Japan. April 2, 2011. Estrada and Barajasmora are assigned to the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade. Marines and members of the Japan Self-Defense Force helped clean debris from the school as part of Operation Tomodachi.

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. German Estrada, left, and Staff Sgt. Jaime Barajasmora carry a piece of debris while helping to clean the Minato Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Aichi, Japan. April 2, 2011. Estrada and Barajasmora are assigned to the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade. Marines and members of the Japan Self-Defense Force helped clean debris from the school as part of Operation Tomodachi.

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