Never Forgotten: U.S. Army Japan conducts September 11th Memorial Run and Ceremony

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With the installation's American flag flying at half-staff, Soldiers, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members, and family members gathered here at Yano Field in the early morning of Sept. 11, 2015. Wearing runner bibs with the number 911 printed on them, a few of the participants took the time to write the name of someone who lost their life Sept. 11, 2001.

The Deputy Commander for U.S. Army Japan addressed the group saying, "This run today not only memorializes those that were lost on Sept. 11, 2001, it also commemorates the more than one million Soldiers that have joined our ranks since then to protect our nation in a time of war," said Col. Stephen Grabski. "Some of you are among that group."

AMP ZAMA, Japan- As if Mother Nature herself intervened, the clouds from Typhoon Etau parted to allow the Army in Japan to remember and memorialize the tragic loss of life that occurred in New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington D.C., 14 years ago today.

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