While professional soldiers and historians will undoubtedly glean much from this narrative, the heart of the account concerns the experiences of the five young lieutenants as they prepared for and served in combat—from their deployment to Saudi Arabia through their six months in the desert training for war, their four days in combat and several weeks of occupation in Iraq, and finally their homecoming. The authors treat their combat experience in Saudi and Kuwait from the perspective of junior officers, all in their twenties and just out of college (four are graduates of West Point and one received his commission through an ROTC program), who served on the front line—facing physical, personal, moral, and leadership challenges.
While professional soldiers and historians will undoubtedly glean much from this narrative, the heart of the account concerns the experiences of the five young lieutenants as they prepared for and served in combat—from their deployment to Saudi Arabia through their six months in the desert training for war, their four days in combat and several weeks of occupation in Iraq, and finally their homecoming. The authors treat their combat experience in Saudi and Kuwait from the perspective of junior officers, all in their twenties and just out of college (four are graduates of West Point and one received his commission through an ROTC program), who served on the front line—facing physical, personal, moral, and leadership challenges.
The Eyes of Orion: Five Tank Lieutenants in the Persian Gulf War
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The Eyes of Orion: Five Tank Lieutenants in the Persian Gulf War
330
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781612773025 |
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| Publisher: | Kent State University Press |
| Publication date: | 07/24/1997 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 330 |
| Lexile: | 1080L (what's this?) |
| File size: | 1 MB |