GSDF holds flag presentation ceremony for Iraq-bound troops

SAPPORO, Japan - Defense Agency Deputy Director General Yasukazu Hamada (L) hands a flag to Col. Yuki Imaura during a Ground Self-Defense Force flag presentation ceremony May 8 for the Sapporo-based 11th Division to be deployed to Iraq as the first rotation troops since the first GSDF team arrived in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah in mid-January.

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