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U.S. Navy Seaman Jesse Willson shows a child how to paint baseboard trim at Malcolm C. Hursey Elementary School in Charleston, S.C., Sept. 11, 2009. More than 2,000 Navy volunteers worked in the Charleston as part of the city's annual Day of Caring. Willson, a machinist's mate and fireman, is assigned to the Naval Nuclear Power Training Commands, Directorate of Transition Personnel at Naval Weapons Station Charleston.

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U.S. Navy Seaman Jesse Willson shows a child how to paint baseboard trim at Malcolm C. Hursey Elementary School in Charleston, S.C., Sept. 11, 2009. More than 2,000 Navy volunteers worked in the Charleston as part of the city's annual Day of Caring. Willson, a machinist's mate and fireman, is assigned to the Naval Nuclear Power Training Commands, Directorate of Transition Personnel at Naval Weapons Station Charleston.

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