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21 facts about the First Gulf War

Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, also known as “Stormin’ Norman,” was a highly decorated and respected veteran of the Vietnam War. He ...
A ugust 2nd marks the 35th anniversary of Saddam Hussein’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait, and therefore the beginning of Operation Desert Shield, which would later fall under the umbrella of the overall “ ...
Mark Reinstein // Getty Images Feb. 28, 1991: Bush declares a ceasefire, ending the war On Feb. 28, 1991, President Bush declared a ceasefire, officially ending the Gulf War.
The Gulf War occurred in two phases, Operation Desert Shield, from August 1990 to January 1991where troops were deployed to the Persian Gulf, and Desert Storm from January 1991 to February 1991, a ...
To explain the war’s unsatisfying conclusion, the president and his senior military advisers have proferred an explanation that has no basis in fact. So far, they have gotten away with it.
The committee's role, Riojas wrote Binns, should not be as "watchdog for all Gulf War-related work at VA. VA has robust oversight and investigation capability to address alleged wrongdoing." ...
The Gulf War, they say, proves that the world is not multipolar, because Germany and Japan have been revealed as "one-dimensional" superpowers (that is, economic superpowers only).
A remarkable 44 percent of the nearly 700,000 U.S. military personnel who served in the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War suffer from chronic symptom that include fatigue, headaches, joint pain, memory ...
The debilitating symptoms of Gulf War illness are causing some military veterans total body pain. The symptoms include severe fatigue, stomach problems and body aches just to name a few.
Military veterans from Illinois are set to travel to Washington to see the war memorials constructed in their honor. These ...
A higher percentage of soldiers got sick after the first Gulf War than after any war in U.S. history. But, remarkably, even after some 200 studies, no one knows exactly why.