America's battalion : Marines in the first Gulf war / / Otto J. Lehrack.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Lehrack, Otto J.
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xiii, 236 p. :; ill.

Table of Contents

• 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.