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U.S. military medical personnel load a Liberian merchant sailor onto a U.S. Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter after receiving basic medical attention aboard the U.S. Navy's aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 14, 2008.

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U.S. military medical personnel load a Liberian merchant sailor onto a U.S. Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter after receiving basic medical attention aboard the U.S. Navy's aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 14, 2008.

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