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(Fred Zimmerman/Stars and Stripes)

Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, February 2004: Marines from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron-465 hook a crane up to the gear box of a CH-53 helicopter. The Marines spent the previous week tearing down and packing their helicopters for an upcoming deployment to Iraq.

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