Airport luggage carriers are employed as a means to transport evacuees to the main passenger terminal at the Louis Armstrong International Airport, in New Orleans, Louisiana (LA), as rescue efforts are underway in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. A US Coast Guard (USCG), HH-65A Dolphin helicopter is visible in the background. Department of Defense (DOD) units are mobilizing as part of Joint Task Force (JTF) Katrina to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) disaster-relief efforts in the Gulf Coast areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Louis Armstrong Iap, New Orleans
State: Louisiana (LA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jacob N. Bailey, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
02/09/2005
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