US President George W. Bush renders a salute as he exits the VH-60N helicopter, Marine 1, of Special Air Mission Squadron One (HMX-1) at Kessler Air Force Base (AFB), Mississippi (MS). President Bush is enroute to a tour of the Biloxi area to view the devastation of Hurricane Katrina after the category-4 hurricane battered the Gulf Coast with wind gusts in excess of 140 miles per hour, leaving millions of people without power, and hundreds of thousands homeless
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Keesler Air Force Base
State: Mississippi (MS)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Mike Buytas, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
02/09/2005
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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