NOTES Unless otherwise noted the material in this monograph was derived from the following: LtCol Robert L. Bailey intvw, 2Jun91, hereafter Bailey intvw; LtCol Joseph A. Byrtus intvw, 25May91, hereafter Byrtus intvw; Capt Charles E. Headen intvw, 27May91, hereafter Headen intvw; MajGen James L. Jarnerson~ USAF, intvw, 16May91, hereafter Jamerson intvw; Col James L. Jones, Jr intvw, 31May91, hereafter Jones intvw; Capt Dewey G. Jordan intvw, 29May91, hereafter Jordan intvw; LtCol Richard L. Kohl intvw, 11May91, hereafter Kohl intvw; Capt Timothy J. Ott intvw, 28May91, hereafter Ott intvw; BGen Richard W. Potter, USA, intvw, 17May91, hereafter Potter intvw; Commo Dean Turner intvw, 1Jun91; BGen Anthony C. Zinni intvw, 10Jun91, hereafter Zinni intvw; SMSgt Thomas L. Robb and SSgt Thomas A. Traynor, CTF-PC Chronology, 7Apr-8Jun9l, hereafter PC Chron; FMFEur ComdC, Jan-Jun91; 24th MEU(SOC) ComdC, Jan4un 91; HMM-264 ComdC, Janjun9l; MSSG-24 ComdC, Jan-Jun9l; Maj Charles V. Mugno presentation to CTF-PC, 9May91, hereafter Mugno Brief: CMC SitReps, Mar-Apr9l; Col Peter M. Gish, Provide Comfort Journal, hereafter Gish Jnl; LtCol Ronald J. Brown, Provide Comfort Journal, hereafter Brown Jnl; Dept of Army, Area Handbook for Iraq (Washington, GPO, 1969); John Bulloch and Harvey Morris, No Friends but the Mountains (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992); Albert Houroni, A History of the Arab Peoples (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1991); Middle East Watch, Human Rights in Iraq (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990); Sheri Laizer, Into Kurdistan (London: Zed Books, 1991); Trevor Mostyn, The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Middle East and North Africa (Cambridge: University Press, 1988); Peter Douglas, "Bloody, Beautiful Kurdistan" Soldier of Fortune Magazine, Nov91, pp. 52-57; Col James L. Jones, Jr., "Operation Provide Comfort: Humanitarian and Security Assistance in Northern Iraq," Marine Corps Gazette, Nov91, pp. 99-107, hereafter Jones, "Provide Comfort." 1. Provide Comfort later was eclipsed by Operation Restore Hope in Somalia. 2. USCinCEur/ECJ3/CAT msg dtd 6Apr91. 3. JTF-PC SitBrief, 7Apr91. 4. This designation was later changed to Joint Task Force Alpha. 5. These aircraft were actually four C-130 Hercules and two MC-130 Talons. 6. JTFPC SitRep #1, 7Apr91. 7. CTF-PC Chron; some of the Kurds ate the MREs dry, then drank water, causing the dehydrated food to swell and resulting in severe gastro-intestinal problems. 8. CG, JTF-PC "Bravo Zulu" msg to 1st LSB dtd 271325Z Jun91. 9. CTF-PC Chron.First Page | Prev Page | Next Page | Src Image |