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Haitian citizens who survived the earthquake crowd a ship near a port in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 16, 2010. The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake devastated the nation.

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Haitian citizens who survived the earthquake crowd a ship near a port in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 16, 2010. The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake devastated the nation.

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