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U.S. troops embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge unload food and supplies for areas hit by hurricanes in Gonaives, Haiti, Sept. 12, 2008. The USS Kearsarge has been diverted from Continuing Promise 2008, a humanitarian mission in the western Caribbean, to help in Haiti.

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U.S. troops embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge unload food and supplies for areas hit by hurricanes in Gonaives, Haiti, Sept. 12, 2008. The USS Kearsarge has been diverted from Continuing Promise 2008, a humanitarian mission in the western Caribbean, to help in Haiti.

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