U.S. Service members from Joint Task Force 505 unload casualties of a second earthquake from a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft to a medical triage area at Tribhuvan International Airport, in Kathmandu, Nepal May 13, 2015. REUTERS/U.S. Marine Corps/Gunnery Sgt. Ricardo Morales/handout via Reuters
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Hundreds of U.S. military personnel helping provide relief in Nepal after last month's 7.8 earthquake have finished their mission and will leave the country, U.S. and Nepali military officials said on Wednesday.
The announcement comes less than a week after the bodies of six U.S. Marines and two Nepali soldiers were recovered from the wreckage of a U.S. military helicopter that crashed in the mountains of Nepal during an aid mission after the quake.
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