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Red Cross President Elizabeth Dole is greeted by flood victims Elsie and Frederick Fried upon entering a shelter for people who have lost their homes to the massive flooding in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Grand Forks AFB is housing nearly 3,000 people during this disaster

Pat Owens, Mayor of Grand Forks, North Dakota, and Lynn Stauss (not shown), Mayor of East Grand Forks, Minnesota, arrive on Grand Forks Air Force Base for an interview with the press thanking Northwest employees for their efforts in collecting needed supplies for the flood victims. The flooding of the Red River caused some 50,000 residents to leave and flee to shelters in the sounding area and on base

Wing Commander of Grand Forks Air Force Base Brigadier General Kenneth Hess and his wife, Deb, greet the parties responsible for off loading a 747 filled with much needed supplies for the families evacuated from their homes a week and a half ago. The flooding of the Red River caused some 50,000 residents to leave and flee to shelters in the sounding area and on base

United States Coast Guardsman patrol the flooded Red River, located between Grand Forks, North Dakota, and East Grand Forks, Minnesota. The Coast Guard deployed personnel to help support victims of the massive flood. The flooding of the Red River caused some 50,000 residents to leave and flee to shelters in the surrounding area and on Grand Forks Air Force Base

Red Cross President Elizabeth Dole shakes the hand of one of the many volunteers at a shelter located at Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota. The hangers have been housing nearly 3,000 flood victims of the city of Grand Forks. The city was ravaged by flooding and left many homeless. (Substandard image)

Elizabeth Dole reassures family and friends that the Red Cross is taking care of the Flood Victims during her visit to a temporary shelter at Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota. The shelter is temporarily housing nearly 3,000 Grand Forks residents

Salvation Caption Norman Marshall, Director of Operations in Grand Forks, North Dakota, arrived at Grand Forks AFB on a Northwest Boeing 747 with much needed supplies for the families evacuated from their homes. The flooding of the Red River caused some 50,000 residents to leave and flee to shelters in the sounding area and on base

Wing Commander of Grand Forks Air Force Base Brigadier General Kenneth Hess and his wife, Deb, greet the Northwest Airline company employees for getting much needed supplies to the families evacuated from their homes a week and a half ago. The flooding of the Red River caused some 50,000 residents to leave and flee to shelters in the sounding area and on base

The town of East Grand Forks, Minnesota, was devastated from floodwaters from the overflowing Red River, which separates the towns of East Grand Forks and Grand Forks, North Dakota. The floodwaters reached an estimated 54 feet, which left many of the houses in both towns underwater. This caused the evacuation of thousands of people in and around both towns, including United States Air Force personnel and their families, assigned to Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota

Brigadier General Kenneth Hess, Commander of Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota, talks with Red Cross President Elizabeth Dole, during her visit to the shelters of the flood victims. Due to extensive flooding in the city of Grand Forks, nearly 3,000 residents were forced to evacuate their homes and are temporarily housed at hangers at the base

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Base: Grand Forks Air Force Base

State: North Dakota (ND)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SRA Cohen A. Young, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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label_outline Explore Brigadier General Kenneth Hess, Sra Cohen, Red Cross President

US Army National Guardsmen, Major (MAJ) Lennie D. Runck (left) and Captain (CPT) Shawn D. Ackre (right), 1ST Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery, Grand Forks, North Dakota, coordinate all United States military operations dealing with the Red River flood, at the Emergency Operations Center (EOC). The center is located at the University of North Dakota Campus, Grand Forks, ND and is where disaster relief personnel (i.e., military, Red Cross, Public Health, etc.) work. Operation GOOD NEIGHBOR, 30 April 1997

Brigadier General Kenneth W. Simpson, USA, uncovered

Due to increased security, SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Derek Brockington, 786th Communications Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, checks the identification card of a 86th Airlift Wing member before he enters the Southside Post Office. Security measures have increased at all military installations worldwide due to the terrorist attacks in the United States

A deck-hand from USS REUBEN JAMES (FFG 57) prepares to shoot a line to a Peruvian navy vessel during a training operation off the coast of Peru. Reuben James was en route to Exercise TEAMWORK SOUTH '99. Due to high seas, the shot line evolution pictured here was cancelled. Reuben James will be conducting bilateral operations with the Chilean navy

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Sen. Robert Dole of Kansas greets a soldier while touring a military facility with other members of a congressional delegation during Operation Desert Shield

Earthquake ^ Flooding ^ Tsunami - Pago Pago, American Samoa, November 11, 2009 -- Federal Coordinating Officer Kenneth R. Tingman, right, Lt. Colonel, U. S. Air Force, retired, and Deputy Federal Coordinating Officer Michael H. Smith, Colonel, U. S. Marine Corps, retired, observed Veterans Day in an American Samoa ceremony Wedneday. Pago Pago was an active U. S. Naval base until 1951. Military service is a tradition in American Samoa. Richard O'Reilly/FEMA

A C-5 Galaxy transport aircraft from 436th Airlift Wing, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, delivers cargo pallets, personnel, and two HH-60 Blackhawk helicopters from the 41st Rescue Squadron, Moody AFB, Georgia, to AFB Hoedspruit, South Africa, during Operation Atlas Response. The personnel and helicopters are the first American HH-60's delivered to aid in the distribution of relief supplies and rescue stranded flood victims in Mozambique, 7 March 2000. (Duplicate image, see also DF-SD-01-02914 or search 000307-F-5772H-503 )

PO1 Bruce Whipple of the Fleet Aviation Specialized Operational Training Group Atlantic (FASO), assists students of the Navy's Cold Weather Environmental Survival Training in repairing one of the cold weather shelters

SPC. Travis Morrell, A Battery 1ST Battalion 188th Air Defense Artillery, operates the gunner's station of an Avenger. 1-188th ADA is a North Dakota National Guard unit based in Grand Forks, N.D. (U.S. Army photo by SGT. Jonathan Haugen) (Released)

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