Ceremony Opens Yama Sakura 85 for Australian, U.S. Troops, JGSDF Members
December 04, 2023
December 04, 2023
CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news:
HOKKAIDO, Japan -
With the temperatures outside below freezing, American soldiers from the U.S. Army's 11th Airborne Division and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members stood tall, saluting the flags of their home countries. And for the first time in 41 years, Australian soldiers were alongside them, saluting their own.
Yama Sak . . .
HOKKAIDO, Japan -
With the temperatures outside below freezing, American soldiers from the U.S. Army's 11th Airborne Division and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members stood tall, saluting the flags of their home countries. And for the first time in 41 years, Australian soldiers were alongside them, saluting their own.
Yama Sak . . .