FULL COLOR reprint of 1998 study from the United States Naval Historical Center. This volume describes in detail the U.S. Navys role in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, one of the most successful campaigns in American military history. The work describes the contribution to victory of Navy men and women who served afloat in the carrier-based fighter and attack squadrons, the surface warships, amphibious and mine countermeasures vessels, submarines, and logistic
and hospital ships. It also relates the activities of American sailors ashore
or close inshore who protected the vital...