The Louisiana National Guard lines up trucks and trailers ready to deliver food and water to affected citizens following Hurricane Ida at the Regional Staging Area in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, Aug. 28. 2021. In addition to 195 high-water vehicles and 73 rescue boats prepped and staged across south Louisiana, the LANG has 34 helicopters ready to support search and rescue, evacuation and recon missions as needed. (U.S. Army National Guard courtesy photo)
Courtney Massery sits for a portrait in her home in Ward, Arkansas. (Photo by Rory Doyle/Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting)
Cabbage is a vegetable in the brassica family that grows well in the fall and winter. (Photo by Kiki Fontenot/LSU AgCenter)
A Louisiana National Guardsman with the 769th Engineer Battalion loads a pallet of bottled water onto a high-water vehicle in order to be delivered to citizens in need during the winter storm at Camp Minden in Minden, on Feb. 19. The expansive infrastructure available on Camp Minden helps resolve large storage challenges presented during state emergencies. (U.S. Army National Guard courtesy photo from Louisiana National Guard)
Willie Mae Pitts Sallie, a sister of two of the men who were killed, in a photo taken around 1960. (Photo courtesy of Miykhel Sharkell)
LSU Purple is probably the most recognizable of the LSU-bred varieties because of its dark purple, glossy hue and oblong shape. (Photo by Jason Stagg/LSU AgCenter)
A member of the Louisiana National Guard administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a UL Lafayette student at the campus’ testing and vaccination center last week in Burke-Hawthorne Hall. (Photo by Doug Dugas / University of Louisiana at Lafayette)