Bacil Donovan Warren, Author and Veteran—Author of With It or in It: Desert Shield and Desert Storm from the Loader's Hatch
As we continued to man our final defensive positions with time seeming to stretch forever on, a couple of things finally caught up—most importantly, mail.…
For the first roughly three days after the cease fire, I was still in combat mode (as were likely many, maybe all, of the other…
Stand-to on the morning of the 28th was a vastly different experience from the most recent previous stand-to, on the morning of he 24th. For…
At not much after midnight on the morning of the 27th, I have my first really vivid memory since crossing the berm on the 24th.…
With night having fallen on the 25th, we continued to push harder, to get more exhausted, and started making actual contact with enemy forces. Sometime…
In the preparation for writing my book, as well as revisiting reference materials while preparing these 30th anniversary posts, one thing was made stunningly clear:…
After awakening fifteen minutes prior (damn you, Army!) to stand-to, working with SGT Planter to pull the camo netting off the tank and get it…
Fifteen minutes prior to fifteen minutes prior. That’s the theme of 23 FEB 1991. If you’re a veteran, military brat or spouse, or have been…
When we arrived in theater in October of 1990, we’d been primarily preparing to defend, and possibly counter-attack, against Iraqi forces continuing south from Kuwait.…
