LCDR Daryl Schaffer interview, 2005 Oct. 27.

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LCDR Daryl Schaffer interview, 2005 Oct. 27.

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Interview of LCDR Daryl Schaffer, USCG, containing a brief history of his USCG career; detailed descriptions of his activities relating to Hurricane Katrina rescue operations including: evacuating (Sunday afternoon, 28 Aug. 2005), from New Orleans, La.; beginning surface rescue operations (Tuesday morning), in New Orleans, and coordinating operations with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), units as they began to arrive soon after; moving (Wednesday), to the FEMA operations center, in New Orleans; communications within the unified command between the USCG, FEMA, and the Jefferson Parish, La., units; reports of gunfire (Wednesday), causing a brief stop to rescue operations; and LCDR Schaffer's training and geographic knowledge of New Orleans helped him execute his ISC duties.

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United States Coast Guard, Historian's Office

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