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LEADER: 01749cam a22002894a 4500
001 2004016593
003 DLC
005 20120524081715.0
008 040716s2005 alua bi 001 0 eng
010 $a 2004016593
020 $a0817314520 (cloth : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aDS79.735.R37$bL44 2005
082 00 $a956.7044/242$222
100 1 $aLehrack, Otto J.
245 10 $aAmerica's battalion :$bMarines in the first Gulf war /$cOtto J. Lehrack.
260 $aTuscaloosa, AL :$bThe University of Alabama Press,$c2005.
300 $axiii, 236 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [229]-231) and index.
505 0 $aThe alert -- India Company leads the way -- Saudi 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.
651 0 $aKhafji, Battle of, Raʼs al-Khafjī, Saudi Arabia, 1991.
650 0 $aPersian Gulf War, 1991$xCampaigns.
610 10 $aUnited States$bMarine Corps.$bMarine Division, 3rd.$bBattalion, 3rd$xHistory$y20th century.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0420/2004016593.html
856 42 $3Book review (H-Net)$uhttp://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0e4b1-aa