The Persian Gulf War was about liberating Kuwait, but it's complicated

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Sun., June 27, 2021

LCpl. Jake LaRue (not pictured) with Communications Plt., 1st Bn., 4th Marines left some graffiti while other Marines inventoried Iraqi equipment captured during a raid on Maradim Island during Desert Storm.

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Marines with Delta Co., 1st Bn., 4th Marines flex-cuff enemy prisoners of war on Failaka Island near the end of Desert Storm. The 1,400 Iraqi defenders surrendered to less than 100 Marines without firing a single shot.

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Cpl. Germunson, HN Moore and LCpl. Marshall with 1st Bn., 4th Marines inventorying captured Iraqi gear following a raid on Maradim Island during Operation Desert Storm.

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The USS Okinawa conducts underway replenishment with the fleet oiler USS Hassayampa in the Persian Gulf in early 1991.

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Aboard the USS Okinawa, Marines with Weapons Plt., Delta Co., 1st Bn., 4th Marines, prepare for Exercise Sea Soldier I, a large-scale amphibious exercise in Oman, in Sept. 1990. Back row: LCpl Gallegos, LCpl Merrick, LCpl Cruz, LCpl Sheridan. Front row: PFC Romo, LCpl Mossie, Cpl Kauder

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Cpl. Hart, LCpl. Becker and the author, Cpl. Kauder, with Weapons Plt., Delta Co., 1st Bn., 4th Marines, eat rice and lumpia in a makeshift poncho hooch while conducting jungle training at Naval Base Subic Bay in the Philippines in July 1990.

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A Marine Corps CH-46 Sea Knight with HMM-164 takes off from the flight deck of the USS Okinawa during Operation Desert Storm in early 1991.

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