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U.S. Navy Ensign Adam Cole holds hands with a Haitian girl during an assessment visit by sailors assigned to the USS Normandy, which is on the scene in Petit Trou de Nippes, Haiti, Jan. 23, 2010.

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U.S. Navy Ensign Adam Cole holds hands with a Haitian girl during an assessment visit by sailors assigned to the USS Normandy, which is on the scene in Petit Trou de Nippes, Haiti, Jan. 23, 2010.

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