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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 “Zephyr Field” (2 total)

Guardsmen in camouflage uniforms stand in line on a tarmac near military trucks and a helicopter, with cases of bottled water nearby, awaiting loading of supplies at Zephyr Field.

Zephyr Field

Two military helicopters with rotors spinning sit on a paved lot converted into a helipad, with buses and military trucks parked in the background and onlookers at right.

Zephyr Field