| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 236 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
The alert -- India Company leads the way -- Saudi 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 |
| Summary |
Tells the experiences of one unit, the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, during Operation Desert Storm - the first Gulf War. Building from interviews with the members of the regiment, Otto Lehrack examines the nature of warfare in the Persian Gulf |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-231) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
United States. Marine Corps. Marine Division, 3rd. Battalion, 3rd -- History -- 20th century
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| SUBJECT |
United States. Marine Corps. Marine Division, 3rd. Battalion, 3rd fast |
| Subject |
Khafji, Battle of, Raʼs al-Khafjī, Saudi Arabia, 1991.
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Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Campaigns.
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HISTORY -- Military.
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Military campaigns
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Saudi Arabia -- Raʼs al-Khafjī
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780817380571 |
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0817380574 |
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9780817354978 |
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0817354972 |
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