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An aerial view showing flooding and damage at a levee break in New Orleans, Louisiana (LA), left in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Houses on the flooded side of the levee were washed away, while homes on the opposite side of the levee sustained only wind damage. (A3604)

An aerial view showing a small portion of the flooding and destruction after levee break in New Orleans, Louisiana (LA), left in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Homes were literally washed away near the levee break area and a metal wall of the levee structure lies flat and rusting where houses once stood and families once lived. (A3604)

A Mississippi Air National Guard (MSANG) firefighter crawls over some second floor furniture toppled and broken by Hurricane Katrina during a search and recovery operation in Pearlington, Mississippi (MS). (A3597)

[Hurricane Katrina] New Orleans, LA., 9/20/2005--A random household item left in a front yard after the flood waters resided in the Lower 9th Ward following Hurricane Katrina. Andrea Booher/FEMA

A chemical fire billows its smoke into the horizon near downtown New Orleans, Louisiana (LA), after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the city causing floods and devastation

A small shed swept off its base by the storm surge caused by Hurricane Katrina, sits in the water near Coast Guard Station Pensacola.

An aerial view of the Louisiana Super Dome and the surrounding flooded downtown city center in New Orleans, Louisiana (LA). This flooding occurred after several levees around New Orleans broke in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina hitting the Gulf Coast area

An American Flag hangs from a heavily damaged apartment building in Biloxi, Mississippi (MS), after Hurricane Katrina, a category-4 hurricane that battered the Gulf Coast with wind gusts in excess of 140 miles per hour, leaving millions of people without power, and hundreds of thousands homeless

Beyond a chain link fence, a Special Agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) spray paints the side of a Pearlington, Mississippi (MS) home with the iconic "X" of Hurricane Katrina's aftermath. (A3597)

On the second floor of a Pearlington residence, water rose to the edge of this chest-high mantle where two half-smoked cigarettes and a wadded Kodak film box suggest that the homeowner remained, for a nervous period at least, an anxious spectator of Hurricane Katrina. A small perch perished where it leaped from the storm surge. (A3597)

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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

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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13/09/2005
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Pearlington, Mississippi. Truck driver at a highway coffee stop on U.S. Highway 90

A group of men sitting at a bar. Office of War Information Photograph

Michigan Air National Guard (MIANG) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Donald R. Hilyer, Firefighter, 110th Fighter Wing (FW), Battle Creek Air National Guard Base (ANGB), Michigan (MI), searches through the interior of a home near Pearlington, Mississippi (MS). The firefighter is part of a secondary search and rescue (SAR) team assigned to look for victims and survivors in and around homes flooded by the storm surge of Hurricane Katrina

[Hurricane Katrina] Pearlington, Miss., October 27, 2005 -- FEMA travel trailers have been sited on the property of Pearlington, Miss. residents who are displaced from their homes. Pearlington, the western most city on the coast of Mississippi, was severely affected by Hurricane Katrina. FEMA/Mark Wolfe

[Hurricane Katrina] Pearlington, Miss., November 11, 2005 -- FEMA respresentatives speak with residents at the Pearlington Disaster Recovery Center (DRC). DRC's are opened to help residents with the FEMA recovery process. FEMA/Mark Wolfe

North Dakota Air National Guard (NDANG) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Steven J. Bertsch (foreground), Firefighter, 119th Fighter Wing (FW), Hector Field (FLD), North Dakota (ND), searches through back woods and rural homes near Pearlington, Mississippi (MS). The firefighter is part of a secondary search and rescue (SAR) team assigned to look for victims and survivors in and around homes flooded by the storm surge of Hurricane Katrina

[Hurricane Katrina] Pearlington, Miss., October 27, 2005 -- The walk-in clinic setup at the Pearlington, Miss. Red Cross shelter. Pearlington, the western most city on the coast of Mississippi, was severely affected by Hurricane Katrina. FEMA/Mark Wolfe

The entrance to the Charles Baker Murphy Elementary School and Public Library in Pearlington, Mississippi (MS), and a sign DOCTOR. The school serves as a shelter, food and water distribution point for victims of Hurricane Katrina. (A3597)

An Army National Guard (ARNG) Soldier follows an Air National Guard (ANG) firefighter during room-to-room search and rescue operations of Pearlington, Mississippi (MS) homes. (A3597)

Michigan Air National Guard (MIANG) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Shawn Muehler, Firefighter, 110th Fighter Wing (FW), Battle Creek Air National Guard Base (ANGB), Michigan (MI), spray paints a search symbol on the road in front of a home near Pearlington, Mississippi (MS). The firefighter is part of a secondary search and rescue (SAR) team assigned to look for victims and survivors in and around homes flooded by the storm surge of Hurricane Katrina. After completing the search of a home the firefighter places a symbol on the structure indicating the date of the search, the type of hazards, the searching unit, and the number of people found in the structure

Michigan Air National Guard (MIANG) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Donald R. Hilyer, Firefighter, 110th Fighter Wing (FW), Battle Creek Air National Guard Base (ANGB), Michigan (MI), spray paints a search symbol on a home near Pearlington, Mississippi (MS). The firefighter is part of a secondary search and rescue (SAR) team assigned to look for victims and survivors in and around homes flooded by the storm surge of Hurricane Katrina. After completing the search of a home the firefighter places a symbol on the structure indicating the date of the search, the type of hazards, the searching unit, and the number of people found in the structure

A Mississippi Army National Guard (MSARNG) 47th Civil Support Team (CST), troop headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi (MS), scrambles over damaged living room furniture in a Pearlington residence during a search and recovery mission. (A3597)

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