Soldiers Battle Fire and Water

1 / 16 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle and state government personnel perform an initial flood damage assessment of southern Wisconsin with the assistance of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from the Madison, Wis.-based 147th Army Aviation Battalion. Soldiers thro... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

2 / 16 Show Caption + Hide Caption – County Highway A in the resort town of Lake Delton, Wis., is closed after a massive section of the road is washed away by floodwaters. Soldiers throughout the Midwest are assisting with evacuations, search and rescue, security, sandbagging, generator... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

3 / 16 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Floodwaters surge over the Oak Creek Dam in South Milwaukee, Wis. Soldiers throughout the Midwest are assisting with evacuations, search and rescue, security, sandbagging, generator support, providing emergency drinking water, removing debris and rep... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

4 / 16 Show Caption + Hide Caption – The crew of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter assesses flood damage in southern Indiana. Soldiers throughout the Midwest are assisting with evacuations, search and rescue, security, sandbagging, generator support, providing emergency drinking water, remo... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

5 / 16 Show Caption + Hide Caption – The crew of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter assesses flood damage in southern Indiana. Soldiers throughout the Midwest are assisting with evacuations, search and rescue, security, sandbagging, generator support, providing emergency drinking water, remo... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

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7 / 16 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Sgt. Rick D. Peevy, a crew chief with the Colorado Army National Guard, guides his UH-60 Black Hawk as it gets a bucket of water from a river to drop over wildfires at Fort Carson, Colo. Peevy and his helicopter crew dropped about 22,000 gallons of w... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

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12 / 16 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Soldiers from the Indiana National Guard’s 38th Infantry Division arrive in New Harmony, Ind., preparing to build up the town levee on June 13, 2008. The Soldiers received a safety briefing before beginning to protect the area from the rising Wabash ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

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15 / 16 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Indiana National Guard trucks depart from Lincoln High School in Vincennes, Ind., June 15, 2008. Soldiers and Airmen spent the last week on flood duty assisting local emergency responders and Emergency Management Agency personnel in search and rescue... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

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Soldiers Battle Fire and Water

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