Aid Following Quake, Hurricane:

Aug. 23, 2007

The US military personnel, including some Air Force medics, dispatched from Joint Task Force-Bravo in Honduras to aid villagers in Peru injured in the Aug. 15 earthquake have treated more than 1,300 patients since their arrival on Aug. 17. Meanwhile, JTF-Bravo sent off some 20 airmen and soldiers to assess damage in Belize from Hurricane Dean.

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