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U.S. Navy sailors load supplies aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry in Little Creek, Va., Jan. 13, 2010, to aid the people of Haiti. The Fort McHenry will join several Navy vessels are underway to render humanitarian assistance after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean nation.

U.S. Navy sailors load supplies aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry in Little Creek, Va., Jan. 13, 2010, to aid the people of Haiti. The Fort McHenry will join several Navy vessels are underway to render humanitarian assistance after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean nation.

U.S. Navy sailors load supplies aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry in Little Creek, Va., Jan. 13, 2010, to aid the people of Haiti. The Fort McHenry will join several Navy vessels are underway to render humanitarian assistance after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean nation.

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