Lehrack, Otto J.
America's battalion : Marines in the first Gulf war / Otto J. Lehrack. - Tuscaloosa, AL : The University of Alabama Press, 2005. - xiii, 236 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-231) and index.
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.
0817314520 (cloth : alk. paper)
United States Marine Corps. Division, 3rd. Battalion, 3rd --History--20th century.
Persian Gulf War, 1991--Campaigns.
Khafji, Battle of, Ras al-Khafji, Saudi Arabia, 1991.
DS79.735.R37 / .L44 2005
956.7044/242
America's battalion : Marines in the first Gulf war / Otto J. Lehrack. - Tuscaloosa, AL : The University of Alabama Press, 2005. - xiii, 236 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-231) and index.
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.
0817314520 (cloth : alk. paper)
United States Marine Corps. Division, 3rd. Battalion, 3rd --History--20th century.
Persian Gulf War, 1991--Campaigns.
Khafji, Battle of, Ras al-Khafji, Saudi Arabia, 1991.
DS79.735.R37 / .L44 2005
956.7044/242