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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778378403321
• Autore: Lehrack Otto J
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Tuscaloosa, AL, : University of Alabama Press, 2005
• ISBN: 0-8173-8057-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (255 p.)
• Disciplina: 956.7044/242
• Soggetti: Persian Gulf War, 1991 - Campaigns; Khafji, Battle of, Raʼs al-Khafjī, Saudi Arabia, 1991; Khafji, Battle of, Raʾs al-Khafjī, Saudi Arabia, 1991
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-231) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Oral history by Marines who fought to liberate Kuwait from Saddam Hussein's invading forces. America's Battalion tells the experiences of one unit, the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, during Operation Desert Storm-the first Gulf War. Building from interviews with the members of the battalion, Otto Lehrack examines the nature of warfare in the Persian Gulf. The terrain of the Arabian Peninsula and the disposition of the enemy dictated conventional warfare requiring battalion and regimental assaults coordinated at the division level, so interviewees are primarily the o