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A U.S. Naval medical officer treats injured Indonesian patients flown into Aceh, Sumatra on January 6, 2005 from devastated villages. Medical teams from USS Abraham Lincoln, Carrier Air Wing Two and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) set-up a triage site located on Sultan Iskandar Muda Air Force Base in Banda Aceh. (UPI Photo/Tyler J. Clements/Navy)..

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