Kidd (DDG 993) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE WAR 94

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For llic Kuwaili [)t()])lf. iht- war began in August of 1990 wlu-n Iiac] invaded their coimtn and o((U[)ied iheii land, .-yter nearh a half of .i eai of ti ing tt) end the conflict with eco- nomic san( lions and a trade embargo in the form of United Nations resolu- tion (itil which prohibited .til l)iit humanitarian trade with Iraij. ihe coalition forces, led b ihe I nited States, struck on Ifi januan 1991. Pres- ident Bush kept his ()w to Kuwait and followed through uiili his threat to .Saddam Hussein to get out of Kuwait. Thus, Desert Shield became Desert Storm. The air assault began less than 24 hours after the deadline for Iraq to pull out of Kuwait had passed. The war to liberate Kuwait began with a night- time Tomahawk air raid. Surface ships in the Red Sea. sidimarines in the .Mediterranean, and dozens of B-,52 bombers forivard deplo ed to friendh air bases launched hundreds of Toma- hawk ruise missiles .ii lia(|. During the night of the fiist air raid .American journalists in Baghdad reported hear- ing the faint sounds of what soimded like jet aircraft followed In deafening explosions all throughout the citv. Later, other joinnalists re|)or!e(l watch- ing the incoming cruise missiles navi- gating along the c ' t streets at tree top height as the homed in on their tar- gets. Later on during the war the mas- si e B-32 bombers themsehes came in at similar low altitudes to deliver their pa loads of iron bombs on target. Cap- tiued Iraqi soldiers would later report of the debilitating terror that the sight and sound of these big jets caused amongst the ground troops - it was as if hell was descending upon us. 5S5S ; ,;;• ' , ; ■;• ;•:■:■;vv:•■ (Icstrovcd storage lank iic Iranian naval (-ssc-) oil tl) Xorihirn .Arabian .Sea. .Above right ;• (oasl. Right l ol Oman in I 96