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flected common thought and did not cause excessive confusion.
Most units were still using draft editions of FM 17-95 Cavalry, at
the beginning of the war.
Interviews
There is a wide range of interviews available to augment the official
unit reports and documents.
John Burdan interviewed a number of squadron members
in the years immediately following the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
Copies of these interviews will be deposited with the U.S. Cavalry
Museum at Fort Riley, Kansas, and the 1st Infantry Division
Museum at Catigny, Wheaton, Illinois. Members interviewed
include: Major William Wimbish; Captains Michael A.
Bills, Eric Esplund, Douglas Morrison, Lou Parker, Christopher
R. Philbrick, Kenneth Pope, Vincent Tedesco; Lieutenants James
C. Copenhaver, Mitch Osburn, Stephen Gruenig, David J.
Palmieri, Matt Vanderfeltz, Jorge Caraballo; Chief Warrant/
Warrant Officers Wayne Grimes, Kirk Waymire, Gary Notestine;
Sergeant Major Gary Parkey; Sergeant First Class William
Molitor; Staff Sergeants William A. Ball and Don Wehage; and
PFC Leslie Robb.
Army historians from the Center of Military History interviewed
members of the 1st Infantry Division, VII Corps, and
Third Army. These interviews are now held in the Center of Military
History’s Desert Storm Interview Collection at Fort Mc-
Nair, DC. Interviews consulted include: MG Thomas Rhame;
BG Steven L. Arnold; Colonels Terry Bullington, Michael Dodson,
Terry Ford, Lon E. Maggart, Anthony Moreno; Lieutenant
Colonels John Andrews, Edwin L. Buffington, Gregory R.
Fontenot, John R. Gingrich, David Gross, Stephen Hawkins,
Michael L. Mcgee, and Robert Wilson; Majors Michael Bracket,
Jack Crumpler, Tom Connors, James O’Donnell, and Laurence
M. Steiner; Captains Robert A. Burns and Juan Torro; and First
Sergeant Robert P. Harn.
Other interview collections include those used by Colonel
Richard Swain in his writing of “Lucky War:” Third Army in
Desert Storm. This collection, located at Fort Leavenworth’s
Combined Arms Center, includes interviews with: Lieutenant
General Frederick M. Franks, Jr., Colonel Stanley F. Cherrie,