US President George W. Bush listens as US Navy (USN) Lieutenant Junior Grade (LTJG) Sam Werschky, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion One (NMCB-1), describes the clean-up efforts underway at the 28th Street Elementary School in Gulfport, Mississippi (MS). President Bush is currently visiting the Gulf Coast region to assess the damage and disaster recovery efforts from Hurricane Katrina. The USN is currently involved in Hurricane Katrina humanitarian assistance operations, led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in conjunction with the Department of Defense (DOD)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: JOINT TASK FORCE (JTF) KATRINA
Base: Gulfport
State: Mississippi (MS)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: PHCS Thomas Coffelt, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
12/07/2005
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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