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OPERATION DESERT SWEEP
An EOD/Medic's View of Kuwait
1991-1993
"es-selamoo alaykoom!"
(This is a greeting in Kuwait)I lived Many of my friends were interested in the pictures I took while I was there, so I thought I'd make this page so others could enjoy the pictures also. I arrived in Kuwait on 28 Dec. 1991. Most of the pictures are black and white because my scanner is a gray scale scanner. Just CLICK ON THE PICTURES to get a better view
and worked
in Kuwait for a year and a half after the Gulf War as a Medic for the American Mine Clearing Teams.
We not only cleared the mines from the hundreds of miles of mine fields
, but we had to clear the areas of all war materials
, Tanks
, Unexploded Bombs
,Bunkers
, Weapons
, etc.
It has been asked of me many times "Did anyone get hurt while you were there?" and I am sad to say "Yes". We lost 2 Americans and 1 Indian, we used East Indian men
(from India) as laborers. There were also 2 seriously injured Americans, one I had to treat when he knelt down on a mine a blow his leg off. The last I heard he was doing fine.
I have to give the American EOD (Explosive Experts) men credit, You sure wouldn't fine me walking into a mine field.. The head of the mine field teams told me once "You make a mistake in the mine field, the mine field is UNFORGIVING". They are a Brave group!
Kuwait City
Kuwait City
is not only the Capital of Kuwait but also the biggest city in Kuwait. Two of our favorite places to eat was Pizza Hut
and Chi-Chi's Restaurants
. They reminded us of home.
Below are some other pictures of Kuwait City.
American Embassy, Kuwait City
Al Boom Restaurant (very expensive)
Inside Al Boom Restaurant
Open Air Market, KC
National Mosque,(church), KC
Al Jabar Air Base
The first area we had to clear was a Kuwaiti Air Base called "Al Jabar". When Iraq invaded Kuwait they attacked the base, then when the Gulf War started We attacked the base, so you can guess what the base looked like when we arrived to clean it up.
Bombed Hanger at Al Jabar
Bomb proof hanger at Al Jabar
Closeup to Bomb Proof Hanger
Inside the Bomb Proof Hanger
As we gathered the mines and munitions
, we would give the good items to the Kuwaiti Army and then stack up the rest
and at the end of very week we would blow up what could not be saved.
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