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U.S. military personnel embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) load supplies onto a helicopter in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Sept. 9, 2008. The island has been hit by three tropical storms and Hurricane Ike. The Kearsarge was diverted from its deployment in support of the humanitarian assistance mission Continuing Promise 2008 to conduct hurricane relief operations in Haiti.

U.S. military personnel load supplies onto a helicopter.

U.S. military personnel embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) load supplies onto a helicopter in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Sept. 9, 2008. The island has been hit by three tropical storms and Hurricane Ike. The Kearsarge was diverted from its deployment in support of the humanitarian assistance mission Continuing Promise 2008 to conduct hurricane relief operations in Haiti.

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