Carp-shaped streamers set up at SDF base in Samawah

Carp-shaped streamers set up at SDF base in Samawah

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Japanese Self-Defense Force (SDF) members deployed in Samawah, southern Iraq, to help Iraqi reconstruction put up carp-shaped streamers in their camp on April 4. In Japan, many families with boys set up carp streamers on May 5, which is the national holiday Children's Day, as symbols of strength and perseverance.

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