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Crash and salvage personnel brace against the cold at dawn on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 15, 2008.

BRAVING THE COLD

Crash and salvage personnel brace against the cold at dawn on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 15, 2008.

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