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Sailors' Day Off
Picnics. Swimming. Basketball. Tricycle races. These are just some of the activities of the sailors and soldiers on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, who were given their first day off in 43 days.


US Navy personnel race tricycles aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier.

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