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Disaster victims receive help from these midstaters

Oct- 4-2005 » Filed Under: 56th SBCT

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BY MEGAN WALDE, The Patriot-News

Members of the Pennsylvania Army Na tional Guard's 56th Stryker Brigade have been in Louisiana for a little over a month helping with relief efforts after hurricanes Katrina and Rita caused widespread destruction in communities from Texas to Alabama.

For most of the mission, they worked at food distribution points in hard-hit communities around New Orleans. They handed out food, water and ice, secured distribution centers and warehouses, and escorted commercial haulers. [...]


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