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A boy holds the hand of a soldier from the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, as they walk through a survivor camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 21, 2010. The soldiers are visiting the camps to locate and help people who are injured but cannot make it to the medical station at the temporary forward operating base nearby.

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A boy holds the hand of a soldier from the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, as they walk through a survivor camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 21, 2010. The soldiers are visiting the camps to locate and help people who are injured but cannot make it to the medical station at the temporary forward operating base nearby.

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