First Day in Kuwait, March 1, 1991

Steven Dutch, Professor Emeritus, Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay

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Welcome to Kuwait

0330 on March 1, 1991. That's not approaching dawn lighting the sky.

 

Setting Up Shop

The guys in the somewhat irregular uniforms below are Kuwaiti volunteers and interpreters.

 

Relics of the Former Occupants

First Look at the Burning Wells

Out and About in Kuwait

First meetings with the Kuwaitis

The biggest guy in the unit, SSG Don Hanson, links up with some of the smallest people in Kuwait!

 

It's not hard to figure this out. Someone was sniping from a corner window and got taken out by a tank. I passed this building dozens of times but, to conserve film (I sure wish I had my digital camera back then!) only took one picture. I didn't find out until after I got back that it was blurred.

The Kuwaitis wasted no time in eradicating reminders of Saddam Hussein.

Night Views From the Wall of Camp Freedom

 

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