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Article: Tornado responders.
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- Soldiers Magazine
- Article date:
- August 1, 2003
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WHEN a tornado hit the southern Missouri town of Stockton shortly after 6:30 p.m. on May 5, employees of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers put thoughts of their own losses aside to help those who lost everything.
Hours after the Category F-3 tornado tore through Stockton, environmental specialists, power-plant operators, park rangers and support staff from the Corps' nearby Stockton Dam and reservoir project office emerged from their storm-battered homes to provide emergency service to the 1,700 residents.
"As soon as we realized how extensive the damage was to our office, we mobilized our equipment and manpower and began wading through the rubble," said ...