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A CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter collects water to dump on wildfires burning around Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 24, 2007. Hundreds of thousands of civilians and military members have been evacuated as wildfires burn throughout San Diego County.

SEA STALLION

A CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter collects water to dump on wildfires burning around Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 24, 2007. Hundreds of thousands of civilians and military members have been evacuated as wildfires burn throughout San Diego County.

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