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Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Leonard Hoppe, a C-130 loadmaster, peers out the plane's window in hopes of locating a person in the water. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Doug Sample

Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Leonard Hoppe, a C-130 loadmaster, peers out the plane's window in hopes of locating a person in the water. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Doug Sample

Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Leonard Hoppe, a C-130 loadmaster, peers out the plane's window in hopes of locating a person in the water. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Doug Sample

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