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  • 82nd Airborne Division Becomes 'Waterborne' in New Orleans

    09/21/2005 5:57:28 PM PDT · by SandRat · 2 replies · 367+ views
    American Forces Press Service ^ | Sep 21, 2005 | Gerry Gilmore
    NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 21, 2005 – The Army's 82nd Airborne Division took to the water soon after it deployed to New Orleans to provide disaster relief assistance in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the unit's two-star general said here Sept. 20. Elements of the 82nd Airborne Division arrived in New Orleans Sept. 3. They handed off their duties in the city to National Guardsmen earlier this week and are preparing to redeploy home to Fort Bragg, N.C. About 80 percent of the Crescent City was flooded after levees broke Aug. 30. That became a challenge for the paratroopers when they...