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Sparrowhawk
01-10-05, 08:35 AM
This Muslim's shirt says alot to our money, help and tsunami relief efforts.

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bates_iyaoyas
01-10-05, 09:20 AM
Yeah I am sure he is the prevailing voice of all the vicitms in Thailand and India too, right? C'mon, now.

thedrifter
01-10-05, 09:21 AM
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Second Class Petty Officer Chas Dearie, from Sulphur, La., takes pictures to reference a tsunami-damaged village in the province of Aceh, Indonesia, on Thursday during a relief flight from the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln. The helicopter crew received the location of the village from another pilot and flew in to assess the extent of the damage and to see if there were casualties.

thedrifter
01-10-05, 09:22 AM
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Bullit Marquez / AP photo


Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Mario Faria, from Everett, Wash., prepares intravenous fluids for injured survivors on a converted ambulance at Banda Aceh airport in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Wednesday. The U.S. has conducted the largest relief effort since the Vietnam War following the tsunami disaster 10 days ago, which left more than 94,000 people dead in Indonesia alone.

thedrifter
01-10-05, 09:22 AM
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An Indonesian rescuer carries a young girl in Indonesia’s Banda Aceh province on Thursday after they were ferried by Navy Seahawk helicopters from far-flung areas of the country.

thedrifter
01-10-05, 09:28 AM
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Tech. Sgt. Mikal Canfield / U.S. Air Force


Senior Airman Daruis Justice braves blowing snow on the flight line at Misawa Air Base, Japan, while preparing pallets of communications equipment for shipment to areas affected by the Dec. 26 tsunami. About 25 people and 70 tons of cargo from the 35th Fighter Wing at the base are scheduled to deploy to the region Thursday to assist in relief operations.

thedrifter
01-10-05, 09:28 AM
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Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Seth C. Peterson / U.S. Navy


Bags of rice are loaded onto an SH-60B Seahawk helicopter, assigned to the “Saberhawks” of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Four Seven (HSL-47), on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) on Thursday. Helicopters assigned to Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) and sailors from the Lincoln are supporting Operation Unified Assistance, the humanitarian operation effort in the wake of the tsunami that struck Southeast Asia.

thedrifter
01-10-05, 09:29 AM
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Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Jacob J. Kirk / U.S. Navy


An SH-60B Seahawk helicopter assigned to the "Saberhawks" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 47 (HSL-47) hovers over a large group of Indonesian citizens as it drops food, water and relief supplies in a village on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, on Friday.

thedrifter
01-10-05, 09:30 AM
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Bullit Marquez / AP photo


Twelve-year-old Naturidi, injured in the tsunami disaster, is cuddled by his uncle, Asnawi, aboard a Navy Seahawk helicopter as it conducts a mission to the coastal town of Lamno, Indonesia, on Thursday. Naturidi was allegedly the only survivor in his family following the Dec. 26 tsunami that killed more than 94,000 people in Indonesia alone.

thedrifter
01-10-05, 09:30 AM
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Wally Santana / AP photo


U.S. service members unload much-needed water that arrived Friday from the Air Force's 517th Airlift Squadron at the airport in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.

thedrifter
01-10-05, 09:31 AM
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Andy Eames / AP photo


Petty Officer 1st Class Sukarno H. Reyes, from Oxnard, Calif., loads relief supplies onto a Navy helicopter at the airport in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Thursday.

thedrifter
01-10-05, 09:31 AM
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Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Juan E. Diaz / U.S. Navy


Marines assigned to the Combat Cargo division aboard the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) load medical relief supplies into a Marine Corps CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter on Thursday. Helicopters from the Bonhomme Richard and sailors and Marines assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group Five (ESG-5) are supporting Operation Unified Assistance, the humanitarian relief effort in response to the Dec. 26 Tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia.

thedrifter
01-10-05, 07:24 PM
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Ed Wray / AP photo


Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), based at Camp Pendleton, Calif., come ashore in Koggala, on Sri Lanka’s southern coast, on Monday.

thedrifter
01-10-05, 07:25 PM
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Vincent Thian / AP photo


John Mark, right, with the 1st Marine Division, helps Sri Lankan fisherman adjust their fishing net at Koggala beach in southern Sri Lanka on Monday. Marines aboard the USS Duluth will be supporting rebuilding operations in the hard-hit coastal areas.

thedrifter
01-10-05, 07:25 PM
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Sri Lankans stand near an amphibious landing vehicle belonging to the 1st Marine Division at Koggala beach on Monday.

Timber
01-10-05, 07:31 PM
Awesome pics Miss Ellie. To bad they will never make the news.

JAG5150
01-10-05, 07:45 PM
It is too easy for the media to portray the military as monsters rather than humanitarians. If pics. like these were shown then the country would have to find another scapegoat for everything thar is wrong with this country.

MillRatUSMC
01-10-05, 10:14 PM
The world might never see these pictures, but we hope and pray that the images will forever last in the minds of the young.
Of American men and women that came to their rescue.
That "t-shirt" that SparrowHawk post only seek to destory, that too should be remembered by those we're rescuing.

Semper Fidelis/Semper Fi
Ricardo