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Staff Sgt. Ryan Knight, a soldier with U.S. Army Japan, shakes hands with a displaced Japanese citizen during the relief efforts of Operation Tomodachi at Toho Junior High School, March 31, 2011. [Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army]

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