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Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

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.

Items tagged “Helicopter” (2 total)

A crashed red helicopter lies on its side on a grassy bank of Bayou St. John, with the brick "American Can" building visible behind it.

Mid-Septermber, 2005. A helicopter crashed on the banks of Bayou St. John, outside the…

A young man in a brown t-shirt smiles at the camera near a gray military helicopter with spinning rotor blades, while personnel in uniforms and helmets unload boxes and water in the background.

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