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Members of the Mississippi Army National Guard's 20th Special Forces Group launch rubber boats fitted with outboard motors to rescue residents of the flooded Jordan River Shores subdivision in Kiln, Miss., Sept. 1, 2008.

Members of the Mississippi Army National Guard's 20th Special Forces Group launch rubber boats fitted with outboard motors to rescue residents of the flooded Jordan River Shores subdivision in Kiln, Miss., Sept. 1, 2008.

Members of the Mississippi Army National Guard's 20th Special Forces Group launch rubber boats fitted with outboard motors to rescue residents of the flooded Jordan River Shores subdivision in Kiln, Miss., Sept. 1, 2008.

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