Illinois National Guard Soldiers load sandbags
190611-A-YR062-0436.JPG Photo By: Barbara Wilson

East Cape Girardeau, IL - Sgt. Brett Montgomery of Cottage Hills, Illinois, loads sandbags on a truck to move to their work location in East Cape Girardeau, Illinois. Soldiers from the 1844th Transportation Company, East St. Louis, Illinois; 933rd Military Police Company, Ft. Sheridan, Illinois and 708th Medical Company, North Riverside, Illinois, have been working in East Cape Girardeau since Monday to assist with flood control. They are among 200 Soldiers activated for State Active Duty by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker June 4 to assist with flood duty from the Metro-East area south along the Mississippi River.


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