STORIES FROM THE DESERT

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Subject = STORIES FROM THE DESERT                                         

Parent Organization = XVIII CORPS 

Unit = 101ST ID    

Folder Title = ANNODOTES OF THE WAR                                                                            

Document Number =          2

Box ID = BX001611






             Spc. Stuart C. Suchland
             C. Co. 1/187th INF
             798-6701

                 One other experience happened while we waited in our
             perimeter for the ground war to start. It was mid after-
             noon. The air war had been underway for a number of days
             already. We were all busy improving our fighting positions.
             I don't remember who saw them first, but someone said to
             look up.   The sky was pure blue with just a few high clouds.
             You could almost always see forever in the desert. Flying
             very high  was a formation of four B-52S. Each bomber had
             an escort  of no less than eight F-15s. There were some 40
             planes in  all. on the ground we were all cheering. It was
             really impressive. I remember the feeling of confidence I
             got just by watching those planes flying uncontested into
             the fourth largest army's airspace.
                 There were numerous instances like that throughout my
             stay in the gulf. Every time a formation of Apaches flew
             by or a pair of A-los banked near us with their distinctive
             sound I drew confidence and pride from it.
































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