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Article: The national guard's finest hour.(National Guard's aid towards hurricane katrina victims)(Cover story)
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- Soldiers Magazine
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- June 1, 2006
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THIS was our finest hour," LTG H. Steven Blum, chief of the National Guard Bureau, told people across America after the Guard's initial response to Hurricane Katrina in September.
Based on how well the National Guard performed during the worst natural disaster of America's worst hurricane season, no one in the National Guard's official hierarchy doubts that the Guard could step up and do it again.
Katrina was much more than another hurricane for the National Guard. It was a cause--a national call to domestic "arms" that will be remembered for years to come, Guard officials said.
While Guard members also responded to hurricanes Rita and Wilma ...