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  • Corps of Engineers to restore pre-Katrina protection in New Orleans

    09/30/2005 5:17:06 PM PDT · by SandRat · 7 replies · 343+ views
    ARNEWS ^ | Sep 29, 2005 | Alan Dooley
    NEW ORLEANS (Army News Service Sept. 29) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced today it is establishing a new team here to begin restoring federal elements of New Orleans’ battered hurricane-flood system to provide pre-Hurricane Katrina protection. The team – dubbed Task Force Guardian – consists of a cadre of Corps personnel from the Mississippi Valley Division’s St. Louis District as well as a larger group from the New Orleans District. Initially, this mission has been assigned to Col. Lewis F. Setliff III. Setliff normally serves as commander and district engineer in St. Louis. As the New Orleans...