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Rapid City located at the foothills of the Black Hills was hit by a wall of water roaring down the canyons. The city water reservoir “Canyon Lake” collapsed and the combined deluge destroyed homes, trailer parks, camp grounds, businesses, power, communications, water, sewer, and lives of almost 400 people.
The U.S. Army sent in teams of signal corps soldiers with combat radio equipment to provide emergency communications and to support the field search and rescue operations.
A local radio station with a 200 plus tower up on a mountain top let the army install a remote antenna on
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