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U.S. Coast Guard Seaman Rebekah Runner takes a moment to pose after some play time with three little girls from the Freetown Christian Faith Rescue Orphanage in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Aug. 9, 2010. Runner and other crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk spent the day building a kitchen and repairing a shower at the orphanage.

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U.S. Coast Guard Seaman Rebekah Runner takes a moment to pose after some play time with three little girls from the Freetown Christian Faith Rescue Orphanage in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Aug. 9, 2010. Runner and other crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk spent the day building a kitchen and repairing a shower at the orphanage.

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