The operation itself lasted 36 days while the second phase of Desert Storm (Desert Sabre) took only 100 hours. Of the 700,000 American troops deployed, 219 were killed. Though no official record ...

"Desert Storm and Desert Shield were significant events for our nation, our Army, ... the brigade suffered the first three American Soldiers killed during Operation Desert Storm.

Desert Storm. By Amy Leinbach Marquis. Summer 2013: Desert ... “Today these ruins stand as a monument to the American soldier who for more than 20 years endured the hardships and dangers of campaigns ...

The start of Desert Storm. Several of Polk County's former soldiers recalled that night and the subsequent 2½-month war. The first Gulf War was a swift victory with low casualties.

Families of fallen Desert Storm soldiers react to Iraq war . 0 Comments ... She described her stepfather as "the most patriotic American who ever lived," and has covered a willow tree next ...

30 years after Operation Desert Storm began, the 3rd Cavalry Association honored those soldiers with a dinner at the Shilo Inn in Killeen on Saturday evening.

Sixteen soldiers from the 24th ID, which was based at Fort Stewart from 1974-1996, were among the American troops killed in the war. One of them, Spc. Andy Alaniz, was killed by friendly fire as ...

The events that led to Operation Desert Storm, also known as the First Gulf War or the Persian Gulf War, began when Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein invaded neighboring Kuwait on Aug. 2, 1990.

DeAntona and his Soldiers served in theater for eight months and did much to further the American Soldier's understanding of Middle Eastern culture and what is needed to fight there. "We ...

Sir John Major. Former Prime Minister, now retired from politics "I knew that Desert Storm would begin on my son's 16th birthday and, when I addressed the troops – and saw how very young so many ...

Tax dollars will not be used in the construction of the memorial, said Scott Stump, president of National Desert Storm War Memorial, the nonprofit group that has been pushing for the creation of ...

WOOD DALE, Ill. (AP) -- As the rest of the country prepares to welcome home the troops from Iraq, John T. Porter can't help but feel sad because his son died a Marine fighting in the Persian Gulf ...