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U.S. airmen load a vehicle onto a C-17 Globemaster III on Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, Sept. 30, 2009, to prepare to depart for a humanitarian mission in Amercian Samoa. An earthquake and tsunami devastated the island Sept. 29, 2009. The airmen are assigned to the 204th Airlift Wing of the Hawaii Air National Guard.

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U.S. airmen load a vehicle onto a C-17 Globemaster III on Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, Sept. 30, 2009, to prepare to depart for a humanitarian mission in Amercian Samoa. An earthquake and tsunami devastated the island Sept. 29, 2009. The airmen are assigned to the 204th Airlift Wing of the Hawaii Air National Guard.

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