AAR 1ST MARDIV IN SWA

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Subject = AAR  1ST MARDIV IN SWA                                          

Parent Organization = MCCDC       

Unit = WDID        

Folder Title = AFTER ACTION REPORT 1ST MARINE DIVISION IN SOUTHWEST ASIA   WDID SWA 0073                       

Document Number =          1

Box ID = BX600145


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                                  LIBEFTATION CF KUHAIT CITY

                The United States Marines' and Coalition Forces# attacks to
            Isolate and secure Kuwait City achieved unprecedented success.
            The savage brutality and wanton criminal actions of the occupying
            Iraqi forces became readily apparent. Surrounding oil fields
            raged as an uncontrollable inferno and the blackened sky turned
            day Into night. Kuwaiti citizens related accounts of ruthless
            rapes, murder, plllage, despair, howe 'ver, the Kuwaiti population
            and the resiliency of mankind surfaced. The Kuwaitis asked for no.
            Sympathy; made no requests for support.    Instead, the Kuwaitis
            graciously opened their homes and hearts to A-wrican Wrines with
            thanks In recognition of the liberation of their city. The
            Kuwaiti citizens' joy and happiness confirmed the value of freedom
            and the justness of the conflict. A small Kuwaiti young girls,
            gift of tiny Kuwait and United States flags to American t-iarlnes
            suddenly erased six months of challenges itnd sacrifices by the
            Marines In the harsh and desolate Saudi desert.

                   Submitted by:  J. H. Admire, Calonel, 00, 3dMar Regt
































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