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Senior U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Army military members present Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa an Operation Tomodachi banner aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in the Pacific Ocean, April 4, 2011 Senior U.S. and Japan leaders visited the carrier to thank the crew members for relief efforts during Operation Tomodachi. The Ronald Reagan is off the coast of Japan providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief following the recent earthquake and tsuname.

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Senior U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Army military members present Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa an Operation Tomodachi banner aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in the Pacific Ocean, April 4, 2011 Senior U.S. and Japan leaders visited the carrier to thank the crew members for relief efforts during Operation Tomodachi. The Ronald Reagan is off the coast of Japan providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief following the recent earthquake and tsuname.

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