Japan’s Sendai Airport, scene of major damage from the tsunami and featured in this post, has re-opened for service again.  According to Today in the Sky blog, Sendai was cleaned up with a great deal of help from US servicemen.

The airport still has a long way to go in being completely restored to business.  However, Sendai was able to accept its first commercial flight from Japan Airlines just 30 days (April 13) after the disaster.  Apparently much of the cleanup was performed by US servicement who got started just hours after the tsunami when they cleared a small portion for their aircraft to land.  The work was done quietly which was in accordance with directives to maintain a low profile during relief efforts.  When the airport re-opened, the US servicemen were already gone.

From my own perspective, this kind of thing is actually more in accordance with how US servicemen usually operate when assisting with relief in disasters.  It’s selfless and it never embodies chest thumping.

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