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U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis look at traditional Japanese porcelain at a museum in Huis Ten Bosch, an amusement park near Sasebo, Japan, March 2, 2009. The USS John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is in Sasebo as part of a scheduled port visit during a six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean.

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U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis look at traditional Japanese porcelain at a museum in Huis Ten Bosch, an amusement park near Sasebo, Japan, March 2, 2009. The USS John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is in Sasebo as part of a scheduled port visit during a six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean.

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