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(20 September, 2005)

 

Jersey Guard Ships Two Million Bottles

Of Water To Stricken Region

 

 

 


Photo Caption: New Jersey Air National Guard Master Sergeants' Jeff Redrup (left), 108th Air Refueling Wing and Pedro Rodriguez (right), 177th Fighter Wing, prepare donated water for shipment from McGuire Air Force Base to Naval Air Station New Orleans.  Since the first mission left McGuire Air Force Base for Naval Air Station New Orleans on Friday, Sept. 2, New Jersey Army and Air National Guard members have consolidated and flown more than two million 16-ounce bottles of water, donated by New Jersey citizens, organizations and corporations, to the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast.  An additional 1.5 million bottles of water await shipment.   Photo by Tech. Sgt. Mark Olsen, NJDMAVA/PA.

 

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