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Four of a large group of students who came from Ames to work with other volunteers are shown here hefting sandbags into an army truck at the Golden Horse diner on South Omaha road. Left to right are John Peck of Garner; Leon Kruse of Tipton; Roger…

Donald Wessels looks at the pile of sandbags at the basement window of the Blake Mitchell home at 619 North 30th Street. If the water doesn't reach the area, the neighborhood kids will have a heck of a big sandpile to play in.

Food pantry for flood victims

Protect Right Of Way - Section men for the Illinois Central railroad sandbag the right of way along their line north of Council Bluffs. In most of the area, Missouri River flood water is either standing or running on both sides of the tracks.

Flooding along the Missouri River

Flooding along the Missouri River

Baking pies for flood relief workers

Soldiers await their orders

Food collection for flood victims

Soldiers resting between shifts

Sandbagging efforts along the flooded Missouri River

A soldier communicates by radio

Boats on the flooded Missouri River

Nighttime sandbagging efforts
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