![[Hurricane Rita] Lake Charles, La., October 11, 2005 - As Walter Pendleton, a medic from Greenwich, Ct., gets ready to receive a Hepatitis "A" innoculation from nurse Kecia Cowden of Des Moines, Ia., a Mercy Health Network nurse, another Mercy nurse, Gretchen Crooks (right) of Maso City, Ia. and Doctor Thoma Benzoni of Sioux City, Ia. review a patient's shot record. These three Iowa medical personnel are in Louisiana as part of a Disaster Medical Assistance Team providing innoculations to disaster workers and people affected by Hurricanre Rita. Win Henderson / FEMA](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDUvMTAvMTEvaHVycmljYW5lLXJpdGEtbGFrZS1jaGFybGVzLWxhLW9jdG9iZXItMTEtMjAwNS1hcy13YWx0ZXItcGVuZGxldG9uLWEtbWVkaWMtODdkMjQ3LTEwMjQuanBn/320/279/jpg "[Hurricane Rita] Lake Charles, La., October 11, 2005 - As Walter Pendleton, a medic from Greenwich, Ct., gets ready to receive a Hepatitis \"A\" innoculation from nurse Kecia Cowden of Des Moines, Ia., a Mercy Health Network nurse, another Mercy nurse, Gretchen Crooks (right) of Maso City, Ia. and Doctor Thoma Benzoni of Sioux City, Ia. review a patient's shot record. These three Iowa medical personnel are in Louisiana as part of a Disaster Medical Assistance Team providing innoculations to disaster workers and people affected by Hurricanre Rita. Win Henderson / FEMA")
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Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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11/10/2005
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