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KER99081908 - 19 AUGUST 1999 - PALMA DE MALLORCA, SPAIN: Navy Commander (Medical Corps) Bruce Potenza, a reservist on active duty, examines surgical instruments on USS Kearsarge (LHD-3). Potenza, whose specialty is trauma and critical care, was activated from Fleet Hospital Unit 23 at the Madison, WI Naval Reserve Center. The Kearsarge Amphibious Readiness Group left Spain bound for Izmit, Turkey to render humanitarian assistance to victims of the recent earthquake in northwestern Turkey. cc/Seth Rossman UPI

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