1st Infantry Div. in Desert Storm

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2 total messages Started by MD Norman Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:30

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Author: MD Norman
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:30

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From MD Norman <md_norma@csd.uwe-bristol.ac.uk>

 John Keegan in a review of a book on the Gulf War :
        
   The Gulf Conflict,1990-1991:Diplomacy and War in the New World Order
   by Lawrence Friedman and Efraim Karsh     pub. Faber

states : "In particular, the success of the US 1st Infantry Division's
          engineers in opening a way through the minefields, which
          professionals think as remarkable as anything done in the air
          war is not discussed at all."

Now I don't want to start a "yes it was, no it wasn't war", but could
anyone out there email me some references on this, as it has not been
discussed in any of the radio/TV analysis of op DS I have come across.
Something with good pictures would be nice.

Mike Norman                             md_norma@uwe.csd        JANET
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Re: 1st Infantry Div. in Desert Storm

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Author: gawne
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 16:00

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From gawne@stsci.edu

  John Keegan in a review of a book on the Gulf War :
         
>    The Gulf Conflict,1990-1991:Diplomacy and War in the New World Order
>    by Lawrence Friedman and Efraim Karsh     pub. Faber
> 
> states : "In particular, the success of the US 1st Infantry Division's
>           engineers in opening a way through the minefields, which
>           professionals think as remarkable as anything done in the air
>           war is not discussed at all."

And what about the Marine Combat Engineers?  Seems I recall hearing Stormin
Norman say something like "absolutely superb" about their breaching operation.

Not to take any glory away from the big red 1, but the USMC did one heck of a
minefield breaching job there too.

-Bill Gawne,  Space Telescope Science Institute
 MSgt USMCR

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