Victoria Shadley: The Wash Rack
Victoria Shadley's job began after the First Gulf War ended. She and her crew ran a wash rack in Turkey, where they cleaned military vehicles returning from the war and then sent them on ships bound f...
7 Apr 20251min
Shelby Setnikar: Two Bottles of Evian
Shelby Setnikar, Biwabik, set out on a caravan through the Saudi desert en route to Baghdad with the Army’s Third Infantry Division. They slept in their vehicles, ate MRE’s and were given two bottles ...
7 Apr 20251min
Paul Lesch: The Newbie
Paul Lesch was just a newbie nuclear machinist mate when he was helicoptered to the USS Theodore Roosevelt at the start of the First Gulf War. Even for someone in training, there was no downtime aboar...
7 Apr 20251min
John W. Marshall: 73 Easting Tank Battle
John W. Marshall, Duluth, signed up for infantry because that’s what he wanted. On February 26, 1991, he and his unit encountered Saddam Hussein’s Republican Guard in the Battle of 73 Easting, the lar...
7 Apr 20251min
Jeff Hall: Scud Attack
Jeff Hall's ambulance group deployed to Saudi Arabia and, within a week, the war found them when scud missiles started heading their way.
7 Apr 20251min
Eric Kerska: 300 Miles of Desert
Eric Kerska, a captain with a tank battalion, was told to convoy his troops across 300 miles of desert. But all he had was a compass and a hand-drawn map.
7 Apr 20251min
Casey Mahon: The Daily CNN Briefing
As a public affairs officer, Casey Mahon was responsible for attending the daily CNN briefing. Because Mahon held the microphone for reporters asking questions, he unwittingly found himself part of th...
7 Apr 20251min
Darrin Janisch: War’s End
On February 23, Darrin Janisch and the 82nd Airborne participated in the beginning of the ground war. They were 100 hours in, over the border in Iraq, when the war suddenly ended.
7 Apr 20251min
