Last GSDF troops return to Japan after Iraq mission

Last GSDF troops return to Japan after Iraq mission

TOKYO, Japan - A member of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force holds his child at the GSDF's garrison in Tokyo's Ichigaya on July 25 after returning home via Kuwait from the southern Iraqi city of Samawah. (Kyodo)

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