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A Misawa Air Base volunteer hugs a local Japanese woman after helping residents in the tsunami-battered city of Hachinohe, Japan, March 18, 2011. More than 50 volunteers from Misawa Air Base assisted with the cleanup following the 8.9-magnitude earthquake that triggered a devastating tsunami on Japan's eastern coastline.

HELPING HUG

A Misawa Air Base volunteer hugs a local Japanese woman after helping residents in the tsunami-battered city of Hachinohe, Japan, March 18, 2011. More than 50 volunteers from Misawa Air Base assisted with the cleanup following the 8.9-magnitude earthquake that triggered a devastating tsunami on Japan's eastern coastline.

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