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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Sams, assigned to the U.S. 7th Fleet Brass Band, performs during the 70th Shimoda Black Ship festival in Shimoda, Japan, May 15, 2009. The band, traveling aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell, visited Shimoda to support the festival, which commemorates the 1854 landing of Commodore Matthew Perry at Shimoda and the opening of trade between Japan and the West.

SHIMODA SAX

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Sams, assigned to the U.S. 7th Fleet Brass Band, performs during the 70th Shimoda Black Ship festival in Shimoda, Japan, May 15, 2009. The band, traveling aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell, visited Shimoda to support the festival, which commemorates the 1854 landing of Commodore Matthew Perry at Shimoda and the opening of trade between Japan and the West.

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