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The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University and the University of New Orleans organized the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank (HDMB) in 2005 in partnership with many national and Gulf Coast area organizations and individuals. HDMB was awarded the Award of Merit for Leadership in History, and is the largest free public archive of Katrina and Rita with over 25,000 items in the collection. Read More.

Katrina Base Build-Up (For Guard Bureau)

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Army troops rest and gather among piles of duffel bags, gear, and supplies under an open-sided aircraft shelter, with cots, water bottles, and a cooler scattered across the tarmac.

Rows of military cots fill a large open-air aircraft shelter, with uniformed troops resting, sitting, and sorting gear among supply boxes and backpacks.

Strapped pallet of bottled water and supplies in foreground, with two Air Force C-5 cargo planes and a military helicopter on the tarmac in the hazy background.

A row of five U.S. Air Force C-130 cargo planes, marked ANG with tail numbers including 81304, 51363, and 46701, parked on a tarmac with a white SUV and ground crew nearby.

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter marked "067" hovers low over a tarmac as soldiers below secure netted supply pallets, with hangars and parked military aircraft visible in the background.

Rows of Army soldiers in camouflage uniforms stand at attention on a tarmac with rifles and packed duffel bags at their feet, listening to an officer under a canvas awning before deploying on a Katrina relief mission.

An airman in a flight suit signals with raised hands as a blue Ford truck tows a cargo container up the open rear ramp of a C-5 Galaxy aircraft.

Rows of soldiers in camouflage uniforms, helmets, and backpacks walk across a tarmac toward two CH-47 Chinook helicopters with rotors spinning, preparing to board for Katrina relief operations.

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter hovers overhead carrying slung cargo loads, as soldiers in camouflage uniforms and helmets watch from the tarmac below, with a cargo plane visible in the background.

Aerial view of a staging area with rows of parked buses, military vehicles, open-sided canopy shelters, and a red cross-marked building, surrounded by green fields and forest.

Aerial view of a military staging area with rows of covered equipment bays, parked buses and trucks, green tents, and a large hangar labeled "Air National Guard," surrounded by grass and forest.

Aerial view of an Air National Guard base with a large hangar labeled "AIR NATIONAL GUARD," surrounded by rows of military vehicles, parked cars, warehouses, and an airfield runway in the background.

A brick sign base with a blue "159th Fighter Wing Louisiana Air National Guard 'Bayou Militia'" sign and digital display reading "2 SEPT 05," with a mounted fighter jet statue visible on the grass behind it.

A brick sign base with a blue "159th Fighter Wing Louisiana Air National Guard 'Bayou…

Aerial view of a flooded city with a downtown skyline and domed stadium in the distance, submerged streets and buildings in the foreground, and a plume of dark smoke rising at upper right.

Aerial view of a flooded city with a downtown skyline and domed stadium in the distance,…

Rows of empty metal aircraft shelters with canvas canopies stand on a concrete ramp, with a building labeled "Air National Guard" and a water tower visible in the background.

A view of the 159th Fighter wings's ramp,the shelters normally house F-15s,but the…

Rows of steel-framed carport structures with torn and partially shredded fabric roofing stand over an empty paved lot, with hangar buildings and a parked truck visible in the background.

Rows of steel-framed carport structures with torn and partially shredded fabric roofing…

Rows of damaged metal canopy structures with torn, hanging fabric roofing stand over an empty airfield tarmac, with low buildings visible in the background under a partly cloudy sky.

Rows of damaged metal canopy structures with torn, hanging fabric roofing stand over an…

Soldiers in camouflage gather on a tarmac under a steel canopy, surrounded by duffel bags, cases, and supply boxes, with a bus labeled "T L S Brothers" and "Lucky Streak" parked nearby.

Soldiers in camouflage gather on a tarmac under a steel canopy, surrounded by duffel bags,…

Military personnel in camouflage uniforms, carrying rifles and gear, gather on an airfield tarmac near the open cargo ramp of a C-130 aircraft, with another C-130 marked "ANG" visible in the background.

Military personnel in camouflage uniforms, carrying rifles and gear, gather on an airfield…

A military Chinook helicopter sits on an airfield tarmac beside a row of open-sided steel shelters where numerous uniformed personnel and equipment are gathered under a hazy sky.

A military Chinook helicopter sits on an airfield tarmac beside a row of open-sided steel…

A New Hampshire state flag flies above a large open-sided hangar staging area filled with military personnel, cots, supply crates, and a multi-wheeled utility vehicle, with helicopters visible in the background.

A New Hampshire state flag flies above a large open-sided hangar staging area filled with…

Military personnel in camouflage and black t-shirts sit and stand amid scattered gear, backpacks, and boots, with rifles stacked in a pyramid formation; a "Prevost" bus is parked behind them.

Military personnel in camouflage and black t-shirts sit and stand amid scattered gear,…

Rows of soldiers in camouflage walk across an airport tarmac near a C-130 military aircraft marked "ANG" and "81356," with another plane visible in the distance under a colorful sunset sky.

Army Troops incoming