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U.S. Navy Seaman Joseph Bean mans a sound-powered telephone aboard the amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge during a crash and salvage drill simulating an emergency helicopter landing and crash in the Pacific Ocean, April 15, 2009.

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U.S. Navy Seaman Joseph Bean mans a sound-powered telephone aboard the amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge during a crash and salvage drill simulating an emergency helicopter landing and crash in the Pacific Ocean, April 15, 2009.

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