GLANCE AT NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENT

by The Associated Press

Saturday, September 3, 2005

(09-03) 13:57 PDT , (AP) --

A day-by-day look at when National Guard troops from around the country arrived in Louisiana and Mississippi, the two states hit hardest by Hurricane Katrina:

TUESDAY, Aug. 30:

In Louisiana:

_ 4,725, all from Louisiana

In Mississippi:

_ 2,747, all from Mississippi

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 31:

In Louisiana:

_ Ohio: nine
_ Oklahoma: 89
_ Texas: 625

In Mississippi:

Arkansas: 350
Delaware : 68
Florida: 350
Maryland: 130

THURSDAY, Sept. 1:

In Louisiana:

Arkansas: 446
Colorado: 4
Kansas: 12
Missouri: 40
Nevada: 12
Ohio: 210
Oklahoma: 283
Texas: 972

In Mississippi:

Alabama: 1,500
Ohio: 42
West Virginia: 3

FRIDAY, Sept. 2:

In Louisiana:

Alabama: 300
California: 517
Washington, DC: 100
Kansas: 87
Massachusetts: 100
Maryland: 65
Missouri: 10
North Carolina: 300
New Hampshire: 62
New Mexico: 250
Nevada: 92
Oklahoma: 210
Oregon: 100
Pennsylvania: 200
Puerto Rico: 60
Rhode Island: 150
Tennessee: 326
Vermont: 25

In Mississippi:

Delaware: 52
Georgia: 12
Indiana: 47
Ohio: 1200

SATURDAY, Sept. 3 (origins of Guard troops unavailable):

In Louisiana:

3,500

In Mississippi:

2,500

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Source: National Guard Bureau

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