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U.S. Navy Chaplain Cmdr. Brian Simpson addresses sailors and Marines during a Sept. 11th remembrance ceremony held on the flight deck of the USS Tarawa (LHA 1) as the ship operates in the Pacific Ocean on Sept. 11, 2007.

Chaplain Cmdr. Brian Simpson addresses sailors and Marines.

U.S. Navy Chaplain Cmdr. Brian Simpson addresses sailors and Marines during a Sept. 11th remembrance ceremony held on the flight deck of the USS Tarawa (LHA 1) as the ship operates in the Pacific Ocean on Sept. 11, 2007.

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