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U.S. Army soldiers fill sandbags at the Indiana Department of Transportation branch in Vincennes, Ind., to support flooding in the area, April 25, 2011. The soldiers alternated working six-hour shifts around the clock to fill an order of 100,000 sandbags.

U.S. Army soldiers fill sandbags at the Indiana Department of Transportation branch in Vincennes, Ind., to support flooding in the area, April 25, 2011. The soldiers alternated working six-hour shifts around the clock to fill an order of 100,000 sandbags.

U.S. Army soldiers fill sandbags at the Indiana Department of Transportation branch in Vincennes, Ind., to support flooding in the area, April 25, 2011. The soldiers alternated working six-hour shifts around the clock to fill an order of 100,000 sandbags.

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