BURAS, La. – Soldiers from the Louisiana National Guard’s 205th Engineer Battalion, 225th Engineer Brigade, retrieve sling cables attached to sandbags that were dropped near Pelican Island, La., May 22. The sandbags will be used to fill breaches and potentially block any oil from entering the wetlands. ( Army Photo by Pfc. Tarell J. Bilbo, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment) Pelican Island Sandbag Drop 100522-A-2398B-236 by Louisiana National Guard

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