A man inspects a mud-covered cul-de-sac in Miura, Japan, Sept. 28, 2026, a week after a deadly landslide caused by Typhoon Dujuan. (Photo by Jonathan Baez/Stars and Stripes)
A Marine helped dig two children from debris and spent hours clearing wreckage from his Japanese neighbors’ homes after a landslide triggered by Typhoon Dujuan tore through his neighborhood on Sept. 21, killing one woman. First Sgt. Allen Bostron, of Sioux Falls, S.D., is the senior enlisted leader for the Navy’s Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team-Pacific. He left Yokosuka Naval Base that afternoon for his home in nearby Miura as the weather worsened, he told Stars and Stripes by phone Friday.
Typhoon Dujuan brought record 24-hour rainfall to several cities, including Miura, where about 12 inches fell on Sept. 21, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
Bostron said he was preparing to leave for an emergency evacuation site when the hillside above his neighborhood gave way around 5:30 p.m.A Marine helped dig two children from debris and spent hours clearing wreckage from his Japanese neighbors’ homes after a landslide triggered by Typhoon Dujuan tore through his neighborhood on Sept. 21, killing one woman.
First Sgt. Allen Bostron, of Sioux Falls, S.D., is the senior enlisted leader for the Navy’s Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team-Pacific. He left Yokosuka Naval Base that afternoon for his home in nearby Miura as the weather worsened, he told Stars and Stripes by phone Friday.
Typhoon Dujuan brought record 24-hour rainfall to several cities, including Miura, where about 12 inches fell on Sept. 21, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
Bostron said he was preparing to leave for an emergency evacuation site when the hillside above his neighborhood gave way around 5:30 p.m.
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