26
26
0
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-persian-gulf-war-begins?cmpid=email-hist-tdih-2021-0 [login to see] 1&om_rid=&~campaign=hist-tdih-2021-0116
This one impacted many of us...
At midnight in Iraq, the United Nations deadline for the Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait expires, and the Pentagon prepares to commence offensive operations to forcibly eject Iraq from its five-month occupation of its oil-rich neighbor.
At 4:30 p.m. EST, the first fighter aircraft were launched from Saudi Arabia and off U.S. and British aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf on bombing missions over Iraq. All evening, aircraft from the U.S.-led military coalition pounded targets in and around Baghdad as the world watched the events transpire in television footage transmitted live via satellite from Baghdad and elsewhere. At 7:00 p.m., Operation Desert Storm, the code-name for the massive U.S.-led offensive against Iraq, was formally announced at the White House.
This one impacted many of us...
At midnight in Iraq, the United Nations deadline for the Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait expires, and the Pentagon prepares to commence offensive operations to forcibly eject Iraq from its five-month occupation of its oil-rich neighbor.
At 4:30 p.m. EST, the first fighter aircraft were launched from Saudi Arabia and off U.S. and British aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf on bombing missions over Iraq. All evening, aircraft from the U.S.-led military coalition pounded targets in and around Baghdad as the world watched the events transpire in television footage transmitted live via satellite from Baghdad and elsewhere. At 7:00 p.m., Operation Desert Storm, the code-name for the massive U.S.-led offensive against Iraq, was formally announced at the White House.
The Persian Gulf War begins
Posted from history.comPosted in these groups: 
Persian/Arabian Gulf
Operation Desert Shield/Storm
Kuwait
American History
World History
Persian/Arabian Gulf Operation Desert Shield/Storm Kuwait American History World History
Edited >1 y ago
Posted >1 y ago
Responses: 8
8
8
0
Our bn was on standby , but since we weren't all trained up as a whole, we were passed over Lt Col Charlie Brown
(8)
(0)
7
7
0
5
5
0
I was in the messhall at Ft McCoy Wisconsin, where Readiness Groups Snelling ( including me) and Selfridge were mobilizing 120,000 or so NG and Reserve troops for the war. I and a couple of others grabbed some popcorn out of our rooms and settled down to watch the war.
(5)
(0)
Lt Col Charlie Brown
I was in the Air Terminal Ops Center at Ramstein; we saw it on the TV someone had brought in and the calls started coming in from all the aerial port locations, starting with the passenger service people. I said, start planning...we're going to 12 hour hour shifts tomorrow. (LOL)
(2)
(0)
Read This Next
Continue with Facebook 
Continue with Google