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7 March 1991; Peter S. Kindsvatter, “VII Corps in the Gulf War:
Post-Cease-Fire Operations,” Military Review 72 (June 1992).
4. Anthony H. Cordesman and Abraham R. Wagner, The Lessons of
Modern War, Vol IV: The Gulf War (Boulder: Westview Press, 1996),
961–62; Graham E. Fuller and Rend Rahim Francke, The Arab Shi’a:
The Forgotten Muslims (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1999); Department
of Defense, “Defense Department Briefing: March 5, 1991”;
Ben Fenton, “The Gulf; Saddam’s tanks move to quash Basra
rebels,” The Daily Telegraph, March 6, 1991; Tom Masland, “Danger
for Saddam,” Newsweek, March 18, 1991, 25; Helen Chapin Metz,
Iraq, a Country Study, Area Handbook Series (Washington, D. C.: U.
S. Government Printing Office, 1990), 95-97.
5. Cordesman and Wagner, The Lessons of Modern War, Vol IV; Army,
Department of the Army VII-Corps, Daily Staff Journal, VII Corps
Tactical Command Post (4 March 1991), Daily Staff Journal, 4 March
1991, Fort Leavenworth, KS.
6. George Bush and Brent Scowcroft, A World Transformed (New York:
Alfred A. Knopf, 1998), 488-492; Colin Powell and Joseph E.
Perisco, My American Journey (New York: Ballantine Books, 1996),
516–17; H. Norman Schwarzkopf and Peter Petre, It Doesn’t Take a
Hero, 564–65 ; Cordesman, After the Storm, 445.
7. Burdan notes.
8. SFC William Molitor, Interview by John Burdan, A Troop, 1st
Squadron, 4th Cavalry, Ft. Riley, KS, 28 July 1994.
9. Osburn interview, 3 September 1994.
10. Molitor interview, 28 July 1994. Although stories about Gulf War
Syndrome continue, there is little evidence of any one overarching
disease. No squadron soldiers have come forward with evidence
of having Gulf War Syndrome. There are no credible studies to
date that document any specific relation between service in the
Persian Gulf and a soldier’s health. However, the issue is still in
dispute. Certainly no city health department would allow its citizens
to work in the smoke and pollution conditions similar to
those endured by the soldiers in March 1991. See http://www.gulf
link.osd.mil/combined_analysis/index.htm
11. Burdan notes.
12. Bills interview, 25 May 1996.
13. Burdan notes.
14. Ibid.
15. Ball interview, 12 August 1995.
16. Gruenig interview, 15 April 1994.