Puget Sound (AD 38) - Naval Cruise Book

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and the Arab League - have forces in the Gulf area standing shoulder-to-shoulder against Saddam Hussein. These coun- tries had hoped the use of force could be avoided. Hegrettably, we now believe that only force will make him leave. A Prior to ordering our forces into battle, l instructed our mili- tary commanders to take every necessary step to prevail yyii as quickly as possible and withthe greatest degree-of protection possible for Americans-and allied servicemen and women. l've told the'American people before that this would notbe another Vietnam. And l repeat this here tonight. Ourtroops will have the best possiblesupport in the entire world. And they will not be asked to fight with one hand behind their back. I'm hopeful that this fighting will not go on for long and that casualties will be held to an absolute minimum. This is a his- toric moment. We have, in the past year, made great progress in ending thelong era of conflict and cold war. We have before us the opportunity to forge for ourselves and for future genera- tions a new world of order, a world where the rule of law not the law of the jungle governs the conduct of nations When we are successful and we will be we have a real chance at this new world order an order in which a credible United Nations can use its peacekeeping role to fulfill the promise and vision of the U N s founders We have no argument with the people of lraq indeed for the innocents caught in this con flict l pray for their safety Our lt is the liberation of Kuwait lt is my hope that somehow the iraqi people can even now convince their dictator that he must lay down his arms leave Kuwait and let lraq itself rejoin the fami ly of peace loving nations A - Thogmast .yyi P gaine A wrlotteyjmany ysearswagorz These arlevthe times that t ryfrnenf'sjso.uls.'f Those well-known words are-so very true today. But even as planes of the lmultinatiolnal force attack iraq, l T prefer to think ofpeace, not war. l fam convincedlnot only that weiwill prevail, but that out ofthe hor- ror of combat will come the recognition that no .nation can stand against a-,united world! - no nation will be permitted to brutally assault its neighbor. T T t No president can easily com- mit ourl sons and daughters to war. They are the nation's finest. Ours is an all-volunteer force magnificently trained highly motivated The troops know why they re there And listen to what they say for they ve said it better than any president or prime minister ever could Listen to Hollywood Huddleston a Marine Lance Corporal He said Lets free these people so we can go home and be free again And he s right The terrible crimes and tortures committed by Saddam s henchmen against are an affront to mankind and a challenge to freedom of all Listen to one of our great officers out there Marine Lieutenant General Walter Boomer He said There are things worth fighting for A woridlin Wihilclhl brutality and lawlessness areallowed to go unchecked-isn't the kind of world iwe're goinglto want to live in. TT L i 1 W, , T T Listen to lVlTaster Sergeant J.P. Kendall Qofg the, 82nd Airborne. f'We're There for more than just the priceTo,fTa gallon of gas. Wh8t, lWG'YS doing is .going to chart itheffuture of the-world for the next ,1 OO years. ltfs bet- ter tO'deal,with thisguy now than five years from now. A T i Andgfinlallly, we should all sit up and ltlll listen to Jackie. Jones, an Army Lieutenant, when she says, lt.iweVlet him get away with this who iknowsrwlhat' s going to be next? lve called upon Hollywood and Walter and J P and Jackie and all their courageous com rades in arms to do what must be done Tonight America and the world are deeply grateful to them and their families And let me say to everyone listening or watching tonight when the troops we ve sent in finish their work l m deter mined to bring them home as soon as possible they and their families are in our prayers May God bless each and every one of them and the coalition forces at our side in the Gulf and may He continue to bless our nation the United States of America 1 ' T l T ,N , NXNNN it T T it TN ,T Y, . N , 4 T ,P T i g ,',, ' -,T .i l to . T +g . i goal is not the conquest offlraq. the innocent DGOPIS of Kuwait ' Tonight, fa s our forces fight, ' , t Q 5 .i,, T I .T Y -l , Y . I . ,, 1 I Y T , Y , ,

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FARE W LL Damp, chilly and gloomy Weather seemed appro- priate on January 30 as loved ones embraced one last time before PUGET SOUND headed into her CRUISE OF UNCERTAJNTY. Some 90 U.S. Navy ships had already left their homeports in support of Operation Desert Shield, but PUGET SOUND was the Erst setting sail for what had become Operation Desert Storm. Reporters from Norfolk news teams, as Well as CNN, broadcast our departure around the World. What lay ahead Was yet to be determined. Sailors held their heads high, proud to serve in the Persian Gulf War, as they caught one last glimpse of family members Waving goodbye from Pier 24. Where We were going and when We would return were unknown.