GSDF personnel look back on experiences in Samawah

GSDF personnel look back on experiences in Samawah

KUWAIT, Kuwait - Japanese ground troops, who have completed their withdrawal from the southern Iraqi city of Samawah, attend a lecture on mental healthcare at the U.S. Camp Virginia in Kuwait on July 18. One of them, a 47-year-old second lieutenant from Hokkaido said, ''I had lost 5 kilograms when I returned home, from probably stress.''

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