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Monument to U.S.-Japan friendship to be unveiled on disaster-hit Oshima island The Japan News FacebookTwitterEmail Reiko Kikuta crouches beside the base of the monument on Oshima island in Kesennuma, Japan, on Wednesday, with her husband, Takeshi, and son, Wataru.Japan News-Yomiuri photo TOKYO - The U.S. military s Operation Tomodachi relief efforts were vital to the people of Oshima island in Kesennuma. The island was severely damaged by the tsunami that followed the Great East Japan Earthquake, and was cut off from the mainland, leaving over 3,000 people stranded. Interactions between islanders and marines involved in the operation continued afterwards. ....