SGT. John Ott, C Company, 10th Forward Support Battalion, coordinates medical support for victims of an ice storm which left thousands of North Country people without light or heat. This shelter, located in Potsdam, NY, is housing more than 1,200 people in the aftermath of the storm. SGT. Ott is a combat medic with Fort Drum's 10th Mountain Division. Fort Drum personnel are working around the clock in support of communities crippled by the recent ice storm. Soldiers are augmenting community clean-up efforts and providing trucks, electrical power, mobile kitchens, heaters, and more than 60,000 sand bags
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Potsdam
State: New York (NY)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Alan Reno
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
11/01/1998
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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