To all who served in desert shield, desert storm desert recovery any or all , we, the members of American Legion LTC George Franklin “Ben” Aiken Post 407, salute you! Thank you for your service to the military and your country

Post Commander Allen Lawrence. Post Adjutant Dennis O’Leary

When Saddam Hussein invaded his small, oil-rich neighbor in the summer of 1990, the Department faced its first full-scale post-Cold War international crisis. Bush’s foreign policy team forged an unprecedented international coalition consisting of the NATO allies and the Middle Eastern countries of Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Egypt to oppose Iraqi aggression. Although Russia did not commit troops, it joined the United States in condemning Iraq, its long-time client state. The Department of State orchestrated the diplomacy for this grand coalition’s effective air campaign in January 1991, which was followed by “Operation Desert Storm,” a 100-hour land war, which expelled Iraqi forces from Kuwait.”
https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/short-history/firstgulf 

taken from https://www.susandavis.com/event/anniversary-of-the-start-of-the-gulf-war-2/2023-08-02/. on Aug 4,2023