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U.S. Marines embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge offload supplies to provide disaster relief in areas hit by recent tropical storms in Haiti, Sept. 8, 2008. The USS Kearsarge was diverted from Continuing Promise 2008, a humanitarian mission in the western Caribbean, to help in Haiti.

HAITI AID

U.S. Marines embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge offload supplies to provide disaster relief in areas hit by recent tropical storms in Haiti, Sept. 8, 2008. The USS Kearsarge was diverted from Continuing Promise 2008, a humanitarian mission in the western Caribbean, to help in Haiti.

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