Lightning: the 101st in the Gulf War

An in-depth account of the 101st Airborne Division's contributions during the Persian Gulf War, including how the division was the first to shoot out the Iraqi radars.

  • OCLC #: 29361149
  • ISBN #:
    • 0028810953
    • 9780028810959
  • Call #: DS79.724.U6F555 1994
  • Publisher: Washington : Brassey's, ©1994.
  • Series Statement:
    • An AUSA book
  • Physical Description: xviii, 255 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
  • General Notes:
    • Maps of Operation Desert Storm on endpapers.
  • Contents:
    • The U.S. path to battle
    • Iraq?s invasion of Kuwait
    • A line in the sand
    • Fort Campbell : Summer 1990
    • Reassembly and preparations at Fort Campbell
    • Deployment from Fort Campbell
    • Camp Eagle II
    • Tactical operations
    • Covering force
    • Leaning forward
    • Shift to offense
    • The first shots of the war
    • The move northwest
    • TAA Campbell to FOB Cobra
    • The launch into FOB Cobra
    • On to the Euphrates
    • Storm blowout
    • The Battle of the Causeway
    • The SAR incident
    • Cease-fire
    • The road home.