America's battalion Marines in the first Gulf war /

Main Author: Lehrack, Otto J.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa, AL : University of Alabama Press, 2005.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10387768
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300 |a xiii, 236 p. :  |b ill. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-231) and index. 
505 0 |a 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. 
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