Four people were killed. A lot of things changed after Saddam Hussein unleashed his tanks on a little oil cartel to which most of the world had been paying plenty of money but not much attention.
Residents remember their loved ones in camouflage fatigues loading gear into military transports.
Suddenly, the assault on a kingdom around the globe showed that the world remained a dangerous place, that there were new enemies lying in wait to challenge us. The possibility of war hit home Aug. 26 when the South Carolina National Guard's 265th Quartermaster Detachment was activated. Ga. By midfall, it was on duty in the Middle East. In Augusta, the Georgia National Guard's 114th Transportation Company was among the first to be activated. Some of its members were ordered to report for limited active duty in late August.