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1991

Feb 1 First of six alerts over a 26-day period identified on tape from MM-1 mobile spectrometer used by 24th Infantry Division
Feb 8 Smoke from the burning oil wells first visible from satellite images
Feb 21 Award of the National Defense Service Medal is authorized
Feb 23 By late February Iraqis had ignited nearly 700 oil wells in Kuwait
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
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
Feb 25 Iraqi Scud destroys U.S. barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia,
killing 28 U.S. soldiers
Feb 25 During the night an alarm was reported by Fox vehicle #5604—commanded by Gunnery Sergeant George Grass, Task Force Ripper—as a blister agent detection. Alert not confirmed by M256A1 Chemical Weapons Detector Kits
Feb 28 Cessation of hostilities declared at  8:01 a.m. (12:01 a.m. eastern time)
Feb 28 U.S. Central Command tasked the U.S. Army Central Command to survey suspected chemical and biological warfare weapons storage sites in their area of operations
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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