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A local family displays their United States flags during a medical and dental civic action project held by the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy, in Tarakan, Indonesia, Aug. 14, 2006. The Mercy is off the coast to provide humanitarian and civic assistance to the people of this coastal city.

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A local family displays their United States flags during a medical and dental civic action project held by the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy, in Tarakan, Indonesia, Aug. 14, 2006. The Mercy is off the coast to provide humanitarian and civic assistance to the people of this coastal city.

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