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A Navy helicopter readies to land aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort as it anchors in Port-au-Prince harbor, Haiti, Jan. 20, 2010. The ship received patients while it was steaming toward the devastated nation.

COMFORT LANDING

A Navy helicopter readies to land aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort as it anchors in Port-au-Prince harbor, Haiti, Jan. 20, 2010. The ship received patients while it was steaming toward the devastated nation.

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