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Women and children receive a humanitarian meal in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 16, 2010. U.S. soldiers, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, passed out more than 2,500 meals during their first day on the ground at a forward operating base.

Women and children receive a humanitarian meal in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 16, 2010. U.S. soldiers, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, passed out more than 2,500 meals during their first day on the ground at a forward operating base.

Women and children receive a humanitarian meal in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 16, 2010. U.S. soldiers, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, passed out more than 2,500 meals during their first day on the ground at a forward operating base.

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