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U.S. sailors help transfer distressed persons from the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio to a Maltese offshore patrol vessel in the Mediterranean Sea, Oct. 17, 2013. The San Antonio rescued 128 men adrift in an inflatable raft after responding to a call by the Maltese government.

SAN ANTONIO RESCUE

U.S. sailors help transfer distressed persons from the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio to a Maltese offshore patrol vessel in the Mediterranean Sea, Oct. 17, 2013. The San Antonio rescued 128 men adrift in an inflatable raft after responding to a call by the Maltese government.

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