(2)230 GSDF troops return to Japan from Iraq

(2)230 GSDF troops return to Japan from Iraq

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - A female Ground Self-Defense Force member meets relatives after returning to Asahikawa, Hokkaido, on May 24 with some 230 other Ground Self-Defense Force troops from a three-month reconstruction mission in Samawah, southern Iraq.

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