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Haitian citizens assist U.S. service members embarked aboard the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) as they prepare relief supplies for distribution to hurricane victims in Haiti on Sept. 8, 2008. The Kearsarge has been diverted from the Continuing Promise 2008 humanitarian assistance deployment in the western Caribbean to conduct hurricane relief operations in Haiti.

Haitian citizens assist U.S. service members prepare relief supplies for distribution.

Haitian citizens assist U.S. service members embarked aboard the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) as they prepare relief supplies for distribution to hurricane victims in Haiti on Sept. 8, 2008. The Kearsarge has been diverted from the Continuing Promise 2008 humanitarian assistance deployment in the western Caribbean to conduct hurricane relief operations in Haiti.

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