GSDF ballgame with disaster-affected children

GSDF ballgame with disaster-affected children

IWAKI, Japan - An elementary school student slides to third base guarded by a Ground Self-Defense Force member on June 4, 2011, during a baseball game for elementary and middle school students in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, which was struck by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Members of the GSDF, who are engaged in relief and search missions there, planned the game to encourage children affected by the disaster.

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