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1990
August 2 Iraq invaded Kuwait
August 8 U.S. Air Force planes arrived in Saudi Arabia
August 9 U.S. ground forces arrived in Saudi Arabia
1991
January 17 First irretrievable hostile fire
January 20 First oil well fires started in Kuwait
January 27 Coalition forces declared air supremacy
February 19 Majority of oil well fires ignited
February 24 Ground war began
February 25 U.S. troops killed during a SCUD attack in Dhahran
February 28 Offensive operations ceased
June 13 Last U.S. service members who participated in the ground war returned to the United States
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SOURCE: Committee, 1996.