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A CH-47F Chinook helicopter approaches a road in Presidio, Texas, to pick up sandbags, Sept. 22, 2008. The crew, assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's 2nd Battalion, Company B, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, will drop the sandbags on a levee to keep the high waters of the Rio Grande River from flooding the city.

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A CH-47F Chinook helicopter approaches a road in Presidio, Texas, to pick up sandbags, Sept. 22, 2008. The crew, assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's 2nd Battalion, Company B, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, will drop the sandbags on a levee to keep the high waters of the Rio Grande River from flooding the city.

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