| 1990 | Aug 1990 - The VII Corps started its preparation for Desert Storm in August 1990, although no one knew it at the time. Almost at once, following the Iraqi invasion, General Franks convened a small planning group in his headquarters "to get our heads in the game a little ...The VII Corps started its preparation for Desert Storm in August 1990, although no one knew it at the time. Almost at once, following the Iraqi invasion, General Franks convened a small planning group in his headquarters "to get our heads in the game a little bit."43. Franks would command the largest armored force concentrated in a single attack in US military history. He is not a typical cavalryman in appearance or demeanor. He is short, circumspect, and deliberate.  Show more  Show lessbooks.google.com.au/books?id=mZty9wdfHRkC&pg=PA162
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| 1991 | Jan 17, 1991 - US and allied forces took control of the skies over Iraq by hitting Saddam Hussein's forces with 1000 air sorties that claimed one US pilot's life, Defense Secretary Dick Cheney said. Cheney and Gen. Colin L. Powell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, expressed satisfaction ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/61003977.html?dids=61003977:61003977&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS: FT&type=current&date=Jan+17%2C+1991...pub...DESERT+STORM...
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| Feb 28, 1991 - Thousands of engraved brass bracelets being made at a Geneva shop may not have the elegance of pearls or the allure of gold, but they could mean precious support for participants in Operation Desert Storm. Sponsored by VietNow, a nationwide group of Vietnam veterans, production of the ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24779052.html?dids=24779052:24779052&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+28%2C...Desert+Storm...
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| Mar 8, 1991 - Iraq says captured allied pilots have been injured in allied bombing raids. Day 14: Tuesday, Jan. 29 - In largest ground battle yet, battalion-size force of US Marines (up to 800) fire artillery, mortars, TOW missiles, at Iraqi bunkers half-mile away in Kuwait. No US casualties. ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/56137458.html?dids=56137458:56137458&FMT=ABS&FMTS= ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+08%2C...Desert+Storm%3A+A...
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| May 19, 1991 - Orange County's parade, where police estimated as many as 200000 people lined a 1.2-mile route in Irvine, could be a hard act to follow. Warplanes roared overhead, tanks rumbled past and more than 3000 Marines from the nearby El Toro and Tustin bases received rousing ovations. ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/61293941.html?dids=61293941:61293941&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS: FT&type=current&date=May+19%2C+1991...Desert+Storm...
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| Jun 8, 1991 - Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf will lead about 8800 Desert Storm troops down a 2 1/2-mile parade route beginning at 11:30 am today, when the nation's official Desert Storm homecoming celebration gets under way. PHOTO: Marine Cpl. JA Boyd helps Michael Montanes figure out weapon on ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/61313680.html?dids=61313680:61313680&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS: FT&type=current&date=Jun+08%2C+1991...pub...Desert+Storm...
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| Jul 22, 1991 - Desert Storm Aftermath. Just six months ago, it was hard to imagine anything much worse than the prospect of Saddam Hussein and his million-man army in control of Kuwait and one-fifth of the world's oil reserves. But an even more frightening specter has since emerged: a wounded and ... www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,973433,00.html
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| 1992 | Jan 20, 1992 - If Desert Storm does not look as good a year after its spectacular beginning as it did during last summer's seemingly endless stream of parades and yellow ribbons, it undoubtedly has something to do with the sobriety induced by an intractable recession. But it probably was premature of ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24429533.html?dids=24429533:24429533&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+20%2C...Desert+Storm%3A...
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| 1994 | Jul 22, 1994 - By Lionel Rosenblatt. Rwanda has become the worst humanitarian disaster in the world. In the days ahead, refugees and internally displaced Rwandans will die by the thousands. Unless the international community responds quickly, there could be 100000 dead. ... www.nytimes.com/1994/07/22/opinion/22iht-edrosen_2.html
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| 2003 | Mar 20, 2003 - By Andrew Buncombe in Camp Fox, Kuwait. Some of it you could see, some you could only sense and some was so completely hidden from view that only the rumble of caterpillar tracks on asphalt indicated its whereabouts. Some of it you could see, some you could only sense and some was so ... www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/desert-storm--enshrouds--mechanised--force-as-it-starts-to-roll -591720.html
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