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| Kentucky National Guard Opens Haiti Lifeline |
| 2010-01-27 |
| Barahona is a quiet little town on the southern coast of the Dominican Republic. So quiet, in fact, that the town's airport closed twelve years ago. Imagine the surprise of the town's inhabitants on January 22 as C-130's of the United States Air Force roared from the sky and onto the one runway at the airport. Barahona was about to become the front lines for assistance to the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. From the aircraft deployed the men and women of the Kentucky National Guard's 123rd Contingency Response Group. With the cooperation of the Dominican authorities, the Guard went to work. I was able to interview Lt. Col. Kirk Hilbrecht, a public relations officer assigned to this mission. The planes did not stop coming. By nightfall on that first day, seven C-130's had disgorged their cargo, vitally needed relief supplies destined for Haiti. |
| Posted by:Chuck Simmins |
| #1 Thanks, Chuck |
| Posted by: Sherry 2010-01-27 13:56 |