A Mississippi Army National Guard (MSARNG) Soldier with the 47th Civil Support Team (CST), headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi (MS), spray paints the iconic graffiti of Hurricane Katrina's aftermath, the ubiquitous Day-Glo orange "X" left by search and rescue teams. The symbol records, clockwise from 12:00 o'clock, the date searched, the unit searching, the number of bodies found, and the existence of hazards, such as unstable structure, leaking gas, biological toxins, and so on. (A3597)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Pearlington
State: Mississippi (MS)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: 2LT Murray B. Shugars, Msarng
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
13/09/2005
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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