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Article: DAV rolls in to help after hurricanes.(DAV Service)(Disabled American Veterans)
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- DAV Magazine
- Article date:
- November 1, 2008
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Across the Atlantic Ocean, menacing storms were lined up and headed for the U.S mainland. The storms, some quickly developing into strong hurricanes were given names--Gustav, Hanna, Ike and Josephine--and evacuations were ordered along their expected paths.
At the DAV Washington Headquarters, National Service Director Randy Reese and his staff set up a "war room" to track the storms and position National Service Officers (NSOs) with disaster relief vouchers to relieve the hardship the storms wreaked on disabled veterans living in their path.
"We initially decided to pre-position disaster relief with our NSOs in Florida, ...