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1991 |
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Feb. 1 |
First of six alerts over a 26-day period identified
on tape from MM-1 mobile spectrometer used by 24th Infantry
Division
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Feb. 8 |
Smoke from the burning oil wells first visible from
satellite images |
Feb. 21 |
Award of the National Defense Service Medal is authorized
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Feb. 23 |
By late February Iraqis had ignited nearly 700 oil
wells in Kuwait
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Feb. 24 |
Allied ground assault begins at 4 a.m. (Feb. 23 at
8 p.m. eastern time) |
Feb. 24 |
11th Marines battalions entered Kuwait, moved north,
and began crossing the two obstacle belts in southern Kuwait
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Feb. 24 |
U.S. Marine Corps forces began the liberation of
Kuwait by breaching (clearing a path through) Iraqi minefields that
stretched across southern Kuwait so that they could engage Iraqi
ground forces
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Feb. 25 |
Iraqi Scud destroys US barracks in Dhahran, Saudi
Arabia, killing 28 US soldiers |
Feb. 25 |
During the night an alarm was reported by Fox vehicle
#5604commanded by Gunnery Sergeant George Grass, Task Force
Ripperas a blister agent detection. Alert not confirmed by
M256A1 Chemical Weapons Detector Kits
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Feb. 28 |
Cessation of hostilities declared at 8:01 a.m.
(12:01 a.m. eastern time) |
Feb. 28 |
US Central Command tasked the US Army Central Command
to survey suspected chemical and biological warfare weapons storage
sites in their area of operations
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Feb. 28 |
Fox vehicle belonging to Task Force Ripper reported
alerting on traces of three different chemical agents within 100
meters of each other at an Ammunition Supply Point located southwest
of Kuwait International Airport, in the vicinity of map coordinates
QT75393910
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