First Gulf War - Veterans Voices

First Gulf War:
Jeff Hall: Ambulance Unit

Jeff Hall was an officer assigned to an ambulance company. His
drivers had to be ready at a moment’s notice. Still, he found some
of the units they were assigned to had put them on KP duty. What
if casualties suddenly came in?

First Gulf War:
Jeff Hall: Scud Attack

Jeff Hall’s ambulance group deployed to Saudi Arabia and, within a
week, the war found them when scud missiles started heading their
way.

Eric Kerska seated in his home in Rochester.

First Gulf War:
Eric Kerska: 300 Miles of Desert

Eric Kerska, a captain with a tank battalion, was told to convoy his
troops across 300 miles of desert. But all he had was a compass and
a hand-drawn map.

First Gulf War:
Eric Kerska: Good Hunting

Erick Kerska’s plane touched down in Saudi Arabia. The Gulf War
was ramping up and this Army officer never forgot what the flight
attendant told him when he exited the plane: “Good hunting.”

Darrin Janisch in his home in Savage, MN.

First Gulf War:
Darrin Janisch: War’s End

Feb 23, Darrin Janisch and the 82nd Airborne participated in the
beginning of the ground. They were 100 hours in, over the border
in Iraq, when the war suddenly ended.

First Gulf War:
Darrin Janisch: Alpha Alert

Darrin Janisch’s fellow paratroopers in the 82nd Airborne had just
returned from Operation Just Cause in Panama. They figured that
was their big deployment for a long while. They never figured on
Saddam Hussein invading Kuwait.

Episodes

First Gulf War:Jeff Hall: Ambulance Unit

First Gulf War:Jeff Hall: Scud Attack

First Gulf War:Eric Kerska: 300 Miles of Desert

First Gulf War:Eric Kerska: Good Hunting

First Gulf War:Darrin Janisch: War’s End

First Gulf War:Darrin Janisch: Alpha Alert