THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Marines and Sailors Fight Indiana Flood

Freshly made sandwiches wait while Marines and sailors of Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fill sandbags June 9, 2008, in Elnora, Ind. The Marines and sailors began working at 4 a.m. and continued throughout the day. Local authorities in Elnora requested the 26th MEU to provide support to reinforce the levees from flooding of the White River. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Patrick M. Johnson-Campbell.)

Marine Cpl. Corey R. Read shovels sand into a sandbag held by Lance Cpl. Glenn A. Rini, both Marines of Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, June 9, 2008, in Elnora, Ind. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Patrick M. Johnson-Campbell.)

Marines and sailors of Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, move a hose through the water from the White River June 9, 2008, in Elnora, Ind. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Patrick M. Johnson-Campbell.)

Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph S. Angelicchi, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, receives a sand bag from Delmar L. Knepp a welder and local resident of Elnora, Ind., June 9, 2008, in Elnora. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Patrick M. Johnson-Campbell.)

Marines and sailors of 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit attempt to stop a spillage caused by flooding of the White River June 9, 2008, in Elnora, Ind. (U. S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Patrick M. Johnson-Campbell.)

Marines and sailors of 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit stack sandbags to reinforce the levees June 9, 2008, in Elnora, Ind. (U. S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Patrick M. Johnson-Campbell.)