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Gratification exchanged over Mt. Ontake search mission

NAGANO, Japan - The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members of Camp Matsumoto on Nov. 19, 2014, gave hand-made brooches, seen in this photo, to students of the Otaki elementary and junior high school in the village of Otaki, Nagano Prefecture, who sang songs to them. The GSDF had parked their vehicles at the school's playground during the search mission for missing victims in the Mt. Otake explosion. The brooches were sent from a former GSDF member in Towada, Aomori Prefecture, to Camp Matsumoto.

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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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Gratification exchanged over Mt. Ontake search mission

NAGANO, Japan - Japan Ground Self-Defense Force member Koji Tanaka (R) of Camp Matsumoto hands out hand-made brooches to children in the village of Otaki, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 19, 2014, as GSDF members return the favor to students of the Otaki elementary and junior high school who sang songs as a sign of gratification. 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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Gratification exchanged over Mt. Ontake search mission

NAGANO, Japan - The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members of Camp Matsumoto on Nov. 19, 2014, gave hand-made brooches, seen in this photo, to students of the Otaki elementary and junior high school in the village of Otaki, Nagano Prefecture, who sang songs to them. The GSDF had parked their vehicles at the school's playground during the search mission for missing victims in the Mt. Otake explosion. The brooches were sent from a former GSDF member in Towada, Aomori Prefecture, to Camp Matsumoto. (Kyodo)

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Gratification exchanged over Mt. Ontake search mission

NAGANO, Japan - Japan Ground Self-Defense Force member Koji Tanaka (R) of Camp Matsumoto hands out hand-made brooches to children in the village of Otaki, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 19, 2014, as GSDF members return the favor to students of the Otaki elementary and junior high school who sang songs as a sign of gratification. The GSDF had parked their vehicles at the school's playground during the search mission for missing victims in the Mt. Otake explosion. (Kyodo)