Thousands of Japanese Soldiers Join Latest Search for the Missing
World News • April 2011 • Views: 424
Hundreds of soldiers and police fanned out across this tsunami-ravaged city, as authorities redoubled efforts to recover the bodies of thousands still missing along Japan’s northeast coast after the disaster.
Troops in camouflage uniforms searched through heaps of rubble with the aid of heavy excavators equipped with giant claws capable of lifting tangled steel and concrete slabs, while police used shovels and their hands to dig through debris in downtown buildings.