<p>OSHIMA ISLAND, Japan (April 1, 2011) – A Japan Self Defense Force <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kawasaki_CH-47" title="Category:Kawasaki CH-47">CH-47 Chinook</a> helicopter loads residents of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:%C5%8Cshima_(Kesennuma,_Miyagi)" title="Category:Ōshima (Kesennuma, Miyagi)">Oshima Island</a> en route to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter-carrying destroyer <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:JS_Hy%C5%ABga_(DDH-181)" title="Category:JS Hyūga (DDH-181)">JS Hyuga (DDH 181)</a> as part of Operation Sea Bathing. Operation Sea Bathing is designed to help local residents do laundry and take warm showers. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eva-Marie Ramsaran)
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Additional explanation.This is JGSDF CH-47JA.
Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eva-Marie Ramsaran, U.S. Navy
Taken on 1 April 2011
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