MASTER Sergeant Ronald Rodriquez, a 319th Inspector General official, holds two-year-old Leslie Marchbank while Korean War Veteran Joseph Stigiar plays a tune on his harmonica. Leslie and Joseph are among the many civilians taking refuge in the shelters on Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. The city of Grand Forks was severely flooded when the Red River rose to a height of 54 feet, which wiped out all of East Grand Forks, Minnesota, and 90 percent of Grand Forks, North Dakota
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Grand Forks
State: North Dakota (ND)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: SRA Cohen A. Young, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
24/04/1997
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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