Table of Contents


Foreword.............................................................iii
Preface................................................................V

"Getting Marines to the Gulf"
 Brigadier General Edwin H. Simmons, USMC (Ret)........................1

"This Was No Drill"
 Interview with Major General John I. Hopkins, USMC..................22

"Training, Education Were the Keys"
interview with Brigadier General James A. Brabham, USMC..............34

"Squinting at Death: The Desert Snipers"
Henry Allen..........................................................41

"Saudi Christmas: The Marines Banter and Brave the Cold"
Henry Allen..........................................................43

"Message to Members of I Marine Expeditionary Force, 23 Feb 91"
Lieutenant General Walter E. Boomer, USMC............................46

"CENTCOM News Briefing"
 General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, U.S. Army............................47

"U.S. Marines in Operation Desert Storm"
 Colonel John R. Pope................................................75

"Special Trust and Confidence Among the Trail-Breakers"
 interview with Lieutenant General Walter E. Boomer, USMC............86

"Porous Minefield, Dispirited Troops and a Dog named Pow"
 Molly Moore.........................................................95

"Allies Used a Variation of Trojan Horse Ploy"
 Molly Moore........................................................101

"Storming the Desert with the Generals"
 Molly Moore........................................................105


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