Word: 1st
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...British who took on one of the most specialized chores and earned glory in doing it. In the now celebrated flanking maneuvers launched directly into Iraq from the west, Britain's 1st Armored Division mounted a highly mobile battle against Saddam's best forces, the Republican Guard. British soldiers are no strangers to desert warfare, of course: aided by the heroics of T.E. Lawrence -- the legendary Lawrence of Arabia -- they helped oust the Ottoman Turks from the Bedouin homeland in World War I and later defeated Rommel's Afrika Korps in the Libyan desert. One tank unit that punched into...
Morris, living with a 1st Marine Division unit, has spent his evenings for the past six weeks sleeping beneath camouflage netting in a hole in the sand. Notes printed under his captions are the only way the experienced combat photographer can communicate with us. One note read, "Thanks for the candy bars. The unit loved them. Could you send some cocoa and a hot shower, please...
After arriving in Saudi Arabia with the 1st Combat Engineers Battalion, Thom fought boredom by keeping pet scorpions -- the first one, named Maurice, died; the other was called Mel Torme -- in a camouflaged desert shelter. In one letter home, he pleaded for Tabasco to spice up his rations, and in another he told a fire-fighting friend to keep the boisterous Magnolia Saloon on Main Street from burning down so they could enjoy his first legal beers there upon his return. At home, a Queensland heeler puppy named B.B. and a cat named P.J. are still waiting...
...battle for Khafji was a case in point. Though pool reporters were stationed with the 1st U.S. Marine Division outside the Saudi city, they were not allowed into the town until 18 hours after fighting started between Iraqi armor and coalition forces. Early accounts of the battle came mostly from reporters operating on their own. One of them, John King of the Associated Press, sneaked into the city on the first night of fighting and watched as Arab troops tried to retake the town. "The pools did not get an accurate view ((of the battle)) because they didn...
...deadly effect against allied ships. Egypt provided many of the artillery pieces and secondhand, Soviet- built tanks that imperil allied soldiers on the ground. And the U.S. encouraged other nations to supply the sophisticated aircraft, advanced armored vehicles and other weaponry that threaten coalition soldiers. "It angers me," says 1st Lieut. Alan Leclerc, a U.S. Marine pilot who flies daily sorties into Iraq and Kuwait. "Countries of the world need to be a little more discreet about whom they sell weapons to, and that includes...