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The sun sets over a set of "Big Eyes" binoculars on the signal bridge of the USS Harry S. Truman while an MH-60 Knighthawk assigned to the "Bay Raiders" of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 28 airlifts several replenishment slings to the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, Nov. 4, 2005. The Truman is under way off the coast of the eastern United States.

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051104N2_0R2E1.jpg from index_2005-11.html

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November 4, 2005

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(U.S. Navy photo by Airman Ricardo J. Reyes.)

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