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A Belizean woman and her son watch as the U.S. Navy helicopter they are flying in approaches the flight deck of the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) off the coast of Belize on June 22, 2007. The woman, her son, and several others were flown from Ladyville, Belize, to the ship for medical treatment. The Military Sealift Command hospital ship is on a four-month humanitarian deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean to provide medical treatment to patients from a dozen countries.

A Belizean woman and her son watch as they approach the USNS Comfort.

A Belizean woman and her son watch as the U.S. Navy helicopter they are flying in approaches the flight deck of the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) off the coast of Belize on June 22, 2007. The woman, her son, and several others were flown from Ladyville, Belize, to the ship for medical treatment. The Military Sealift Command hospital ship is on a four-month humanitarian deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean to provide medical treatment to patients from a dozen countries.

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