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U.S. Navy Seaman Chris Tautkus uses a translation card to ask a Japanese citizen if he needs additional supplies and assistance in Kuro-Soki, Japan, March 16, 2011. Tautkus is an air crewman assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 4, which is providing humanitarian assistance to Japan to support Operation Tomodachi.

U.S. Navy Seaman Chris Tautkus uses a translation card to ask a Japanese citizen if he needs additional supplies and assistance in Kuro-Soki, Japan, March 16, 2011. Tautkus is an air crewman assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 4, which is providing humanitarian assistance to Japan to support Operation Tomodachi.

U.S. Navy Seaman Chris Tautkus uses a translation card to ask a Japanese citizen if he needs additional supplies and assistance in Kuro-Soki, Japan, March 16, 2011. Tautkus is an air crewman assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 4, which is providing humanitarian assistance to Japan to support Operation Tomodachi.

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