Title: America's battalion : Marines in the first Gulf war /
Authors: Lehrack, Otto J.
Publisher: University of Alabama Press,
Year: 2005
Subjects: United States. History; United States. History; Khafji, Battle of, Raʾs al-Khafjī, Saudi Arabia, 1991.; Persian Gulf War, 1991 Campaigns; Khafji, Battle of, Raʼs al-Khafjī, Saudi Arabia, 1991.
Abstract: "America's Battalion tells the experiences of one unit, the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, during Operation Desert Storm - the first Gulf War. Building from interviews with the members of the batallion, Otto Lehrack examines the nature of warfare in the Persian Gulf. The terrain of the Arabian Peninsula and the disposition of the enemy dictated conventional warfare requiring battalion and regimental assaults coordinated at the division level, so interviewees are primarily the officers and senior non-commissioned officers concerned."
Contents: The alert -- India Company leads the way -- Saudia Arabia: the warehouses -- Cement ridge -- The chemical threat -- Holidays -- Al Mishab: working with the Arabs -- The air war starts -- Rockets -- Marines in Khafji -- Cross-training: another step in the relationship -- The first American ground action: the artillery raids -- The alarms go off -- The battle for Khafji -- With the recon teams in the city -- Melissa and friends -- Khafji retaken -- Movement west to attack position -- Moving up to the minefields -- The breach -- Prisoners -- Kuwait International Airport -- Yellow ribbons -- Parting shots -- The years after.