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U.S. Navy sailors and Marines embarked aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima enter a landing craft utility after they performed humanitarian assistance in Port-de-Paix, Haiti, July 25, 2010. The Iwo Jima is operating off the coast of Haiti supporting Continuing Promise 2010, a humanitarian civic assistance mission to provide medical, dental, veterinary and engineering assistance to eight different nations.

HAITI HELP

U.S. Navy sailors and Marines embarked aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima enter a landing craft utility after they performed humanitarian assistance in Port-de-Paix, Haiti, July 25, 2010. The Iwo Jima is operating off the coast of Haiti supporting Continuing Promise 2010, a humanitarian civic assistance mission to provide medical, dental, veterinary and engineering assistance to eight different nations.

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