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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony Ford (left), Seaman Casey Johnson and Chief Warrant Officer Damian Schmitt, all assigned to the U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Nassau (LHA 4), move sewage waste and debris from the Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston, Texas, on Sept. 21, 2008. The museum floor and antique airplanes were covered in sewage left behind by Hurricane Ike. The Nassau is anchored off the coast of Galveston to provide humanitarian assistance support to civil authorities as directed in the wake of Hurricane Ike.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony Ford, Seaman Casey Johnson and Chief Warrant Officer Damian Schmitt move sewage waste and debris.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony Ford (left), Seaman Casey Johnson and Chief Warrant Officer Damian Schmitt, all assigned to the U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Nassau (LHA 4), move sewage waste and debris from the Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston, Texas, on Sept. 21, 2008. The museum floor and antique airplanes were covered in sewage left behind by Hurricane Ike. The Nassau is anchored off the coast of Galveston to provide humanitarian assistance support to civil authorities as directed in the wake of Hurricane Ike.

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