Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1991 more than half a million Americans served in Operation Desert Storm, an allied campaign that freed Kuwait from the Iraqi ...

The first Persian Gulf War lasted six weeks. Kuwait was liberated from the murderous grasp of Saddam Hussein, and the Iraqi army admitted defeat, at a surrender ceremony presided over by the ...

Many experts wrote off the battleship before 1991—but that year, they proved key to ensuring America’s decisive, rapid victory over Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi Army. Decommissioned in the 1950s as nuclear ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — It has been 35 years since Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. On Friday, Hillsborough County held an event to honor the local veterans who served during the Gulf War. This ...

Thirty-five years after Operation Desert Storm, the conflict remains the last major regional war fought—and decisively won—by the United States. That fact alone should give pause to anyone concerned ...

Decisive Victory: Operation Desert Storm is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, ...

In 1990, Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. Within 24 hours, Iraq’s military occupied its southern neighbor and controlled nearly 30% of the world’s oil supply. Iraq’s brutal dictator then set his eyes on ...

Between August 1990 and March 1991, Fort McCoy was a hub of mobilization and support for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. According to history, Operation Desert Storm (Jan. 17 – Feb ...

Operation Desert Storm and 107th Maintenance Company veteran Duane Streeck with the 88th Readiness Division was one of the visitors Feb. 26 during the Desert Storm History Dayevent at the Fort McCoy ...