(2)GSDF unit head visits Samawah schools to take aid requests

(2)GSDF unit head visits Samawah schools to take aid requests

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Col. Masahiko Sato (L, back), head of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) mission in the southern Iraq city of Samawah, checks a decrepit elementary school in a suburban area March 15. He visited the school to take requests for repairs.

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