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U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Eric Johnson hands sandbags to Tech. Sgt. Tracy Winterquist as they prepare to build a barrier to keep flood waters from encroaching on a farmstead home west of West Fargo, N.D., April 29, 2011. Johnson and Winterquist, assigned to the 119th Civil Engineer Squadron, are members of a North Dakota National Guard quick response force.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Eric Johnson hands sandbags to Tech. Sgt. Tracy Winterquist as they prepare to build a barrier to keep flood waters from encroaching on a farmstead home west of West Fargo, N.D., April 29, 2011. Johnson and Winterquist, assigned to the 119th Civil Engineer Squadron, are members of a North Dakota National Guard quick response force.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Eric Johnson hands sandbags to Tech. Sgt. Tracy Winterquist as they prepare to build a barrier to keep flood waters from encroaching on a farmstead home west of West Fargo, N.D., April 29, 2011. Johnson and Winterquist, assigned to the 119th Civil Engineer Squadron, are members of a North Dakota National Guard quick response force.

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