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Gulf and Kuwait Medal; Egypt . Kuwait Liberation Medal (Egypt) Italy. Commemorative Cross for the Operations in the Persian Gulf 1990-91 (Croce commemorativa per le operazioni militari nell'area del Golfo Persico) Norway. Medal for Defence Service Abroad - Saudi Arabia; Kuwait. Kuwait Liberation Medal (Wisam Al-Tahrir)
For those service members who performed "home service" during the Persian Gulf War, such as support personnel in the United States, the Southwest Asia Service Medal is not authorized. The award is also not authorized for those who performed support of the Persian Gulf War from European or Pacific bases. [4]
The war is also known under other names, such as the Second Gulf War (not to be confused with the 2003 Iraq War, also referred to as such [27]), Persian Gulf War, Kuwait War, First Iraq War, or Iraq War [28] [29] [30] [b] before the term "Iraq War" became identified with the 2003 Iraq War (also known in the US as "Operation Iraqi Freedom"). [31]
The Persian Gulf Veterans National Medal is an honorific military medal authorized by United States Congress presented to members of the U.S. Armed Forces who served in a combat zone during the Persian Gulf War. [1] [2] [3] PersianGulfMedal
Blitzkrieg in the Gulf: Armor of the 100 Hour war by Yves Debay; U.S. Marines in the Persian Gulf, 1990-1991 With the 1st U.S. Marine Division in Desert Shield and Desert Storm by Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Cureton; M60 vs T-62 Cold War Combatants 1956-92 by Lon Nordeen & David Isby; The Marine Air Command and Control System, A Historical ...
The timeline of the Gulf War details the dates of the major events of the 1990–1991 war. It began with the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on 2 August 1990 and ended with the Liberation of Kuwait by Coalition forces. Iraq subsequently agreed to the United Nations' demands on 28 February 1991.
On 2 August 1990, the Iraqi Army invaded and occupied the neighboring state of Kuwait. [5] The invasion, which followed the inconclusive Iran–Iraq War and three decades of political conflict with Kuwait, offered Saddam Hussein the opportunity to distract political dissent at home and add Kuwait's oil resources to Iraq's own, a boon in a time of declining petroleum prices.
Desert Storm trading cards are sets of trading cards that feature people and equipment involved in the Persian Gulf War.The cards were published in the United States by various companies and the size of sets varied greatly in between companies (such as the nine-card set published by Crown Sports Cards, and the 250 card-set published by Pro Set).