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Marines in amphibious vehicles and infantrymen travel down the decimated streets of Orleans Parish conducting search-and-rescue operations in New Orleans, Sept. 8, 2005. Some communities in the parish were under more than 10 feet of water. The Marines are assigned to the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Katrina. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Rocco DeFilippis

KATRINA

Marines in amphibious vehicles and infantrymen travel down the decimated streets of Orleans Parish conducting search-and-rescue operations in New Orleans, Sept. 8, 2005. Some communities in the parish were under more than 10 feet of water. The Marines are assigned to the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Katrina. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Rocco DeFilippis

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