Left Hook: The 24th Infantry Division in Operation Desert Storm

The largest armored assault since the Second World War took place on the desert sands of the Middle East in early 1991. The campaign was named Operation Desert Storm. The mission was to oust Iraqi forces from their illegal military takeover of their neighbor, Kuwait. Left Hook is the story of the 24th Mechanized Infantry Division in that fight.

Even though the 24th Division was but a slice of the massive American-led international coalition unleashed on the enemy, it filled a key and decisi...