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020 _a0817314520 (cloth : alk. paper)
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050 _aDS79.735.R37
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090 _aDS 79.735 .R37 .L44 2005
100 _aLehrack, Otto J.
245 _aAmerica's battalion :
_bMarines in the first Gulf war /
_cOtto J. Lehrack.
260 _aTuscaloosa, AL :
_bThe University of Alabama Press,
_c2005.
300 _axiii, 236 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [229]-231) and index.
505 _aThe 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.
610 _aUnited States
_bMarine Corps.
_bDivision, 3rd.
_bBattalion, 3rd
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 _aPersian Gulf War, 1991
_xCampaigns.
651 _aKhafji, Battle of, Ras al-Khafji, Saudi Arabia, 1991.
856 _uhttp://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0e4b1-aa
_3Book review (H-Net)
856 _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0420/2004016593.html
_3Table of contents
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