Gratification exchanged over Mt. Ontake search mission

Gratification exchanged over Mt. Ontake search mission

NAGANO, Japan - Japan Ground Self-Defense Force member Koji Tanaka (4th from L) of Camp Matsumoto stands with children wearing hand-made brooches, gifts from GSDF members in returning the favor for songs sung by students of the Otaki elementary and junior high school, in the village of Otaki, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 19, 2014. The GSDF had parked their vehicles at the school's playground during the search mission for missing victims in the Mt. Otake explosion.

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