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The U.S. Air Force Band of the Pacific-Asia performs for residents of Kabanomachi, a coastal town near Sendai city, Japan, in the Kabanomachi Elementary School gymnasium, on Sept. 3, 2011. The band traveled and played at Kabanomachi Elementary in the aftermath of a tsunami that struck the eastern coast of Japan on March 11, 2011, causing 19,759 deaths and severe damage. The U.S. Department of Defense mounted a massive humanitarian relief mission known as “Operation Tomodachi”, with the USAF flying 225 missions to deliver 4.2 million pounds of cargo and approximately 2,800 people within the first two weeks after the disaster, providing essential aid and support to Japanese partners and neighbors. (U.S. Air Force photo by SrA Erica Ashley Huseby)