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U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jeffrey Radcliff, of Task Force Eagle, hooks up a sling-load of food supplies to an Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter in Chatter Plain, Pakistan, Jan. 18, 2006. The U.S. military is participating in the relief operation to aid victims of the devastating earthquake that struck the region Oct. 8, 2005.

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U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jeffrey Radcliff, of Task Force Eagle, hooks up a sling-load of food supplies to an Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter in Chatter Plain, Pakistan, Jan. 18, 2006. The U.S. military is participating in the relief operation to aid victims of the devastating earthquake that struck the region Oct. 8, 2005.

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