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America's battalion : Marines in the first Gulf war /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lehrack, Otto J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2005]
Subjects:
United States. > Marine Corps. > Marine Division, 3rd. > Battalion, 3rd > History > 20th century.
Persian Gulf War, 1991 > Campaigns.
Khafji, Battle of, Raʼs al-Khafjī, Saudi Arabia, 1991.
Table of Contents:
  • The alert
  • India Company leads the way
  • Saudia Arabia: the warehouses
  • Cement ridge
  • The chemical threat
  • Holidays
  • Al Mishab: working with the Arabs
  • The air war starts
  • Rockets
  • Marines in Khafji
  • Cross-training: another step in the relationship
  • The first American ground action: the artillery raids
  • The alarms go off
  • The battle for Khafji
  • With the recon teams in the city
  • Melissa and friends
  • Khafji retaken
  • Movement west to attack position
  • Moving up to the minefields
  • The breach
  • Prisoners
  • Kuwait International Airport
  • Yellow ribbons
  • Parting shots
  • The years after.