Episodes
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First Gulf War:
Larry Liljenquist: Mail Call
Larry Liiljenquist, stationed on the USS Blue Ridge, looked forward
to mail call. There were letters from family and packages from a
Persian Gulf support group back home with, among other things,
the latest (now a month old) copy of the local paper.
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First Gulf War:
Larry Liljenquist: With the 7th Fleet
Larry Liljenquist, a marine, was given sea duty on the flagship for
the 7th Fleet. The fleet, scheduled to go to Russia, suddenly received
orders to redirect to the Persian Gulf.
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First Gulf War:
Kathy Friedrich: Iraqi Patients
As an Army nurse in the First Gulf War, Kathy Friedrich ended up
spending more time taking care of Iraqi POWs than American
wounded. Her patients broke down into two groups: Saddam
Hussein’s elite Guard and the ordinary Iraqi citizen forced into the
conflict.
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First Gulf War:
Kathy Friedrich: The Sandbag Team
Kathy Friedrich had trained to be an ICU nurse with the Army.
Yet when she first arrived in Saudi Arabia, she and the other nurses
and doctors found themselves filling sandbags.
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First Gulf War:
John W. Marshall: Dehumanizing the Enemy
John W. Marshall was hit by friendly tank fire, though he didn’t
know it at the time. He was on the ground when an Iraqi—the
enemy—ran up and offered him a drink of water and a cigarette.
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First Gulf War:
John W. Marshall: 73 Easting Tank Battle
John W. Marshall, Duluth, signed up for infantry because that’s
what he wanted. On February 26, 1991, he and his unit
encountered Saddam Hussein’s Republican Guard in 73 Easting, the
largest tank battle since World War II.