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U.S. Navy Aviation Boatswains Mate Franklin Lopez, assigned to the USS Kearsarge, moves bags of rice from a landing craft during a humanitarian assistance mission in Haiti, Sept. 15, 2008.

U.S. Navy Aviation Boatswains Mate Franklin Lopez, assigned to the USS Kearsarge, moves bags of rice from a landing craft during a humanitarian assistance mission in Haiti, Sept. 15, 2008.

U.S. Navy Aviation Boatswains Mate Franklin Lopez, assigned to the USS Kearsarge, moves bags of rice from a landing craft during a humanitarian assistance mission in Haiti, Sept. 15, 2008.

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