Shasta (AE 33) - Naval Cruise Book

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C' F' N 8 .1 , 11- 41-1 fu- lb-' When the ground war linally came, victoly was stunningly quick. i Demoralized by six weeks of intense bombing, Iraqi W frontline troops ' surrendered en masse. l U.S., French and British forces bypassed Iraqi fortifications, charging to within 150 miles of Baghdad They routed the Republican Guard in the biggest tank battle in O0 years ubilant Kuwaitis celebrated freedom surveyed the damage Four days after the ground war began President Bush l 18 WAR WEEK BY WEEK .J . . . V declared victory. W I . I E

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