LIBERATORS OF KUWAIT CITY: 1st Marine Division Operations Desert Shield
and Desert Storm, Aug. 8 1990 ~ Feb. 28, 1991
FINE. Like new condition.
Bound in blue-gray leather with stamped gold inlay emblem and lettering on
front panel. Issued without dust jacket. No publication information provided; book
evidently privately commissioned by the division. "JOSTENS" stamped on rear cover; evidently the
printer. Essentially a high-end yearbook. This copy is signed by some of the combat participants (lance-cpls & sgts). Forward by the
Commanding General of the 1st. Marine Division, J.M. Myatt; introduction by Sgt. Steve Nelson; afterword by
Captain Rose-Ann L. Sgrigno. Illustrated endpapers; heavy
photographic content in both color and black & white. 130 pages. 8.5x11. Section titles as follows: War Tops the News; roster & group photos of commanders and staff; Desert Shield;
Air War; Desert Storm: 1st Marine Division's Job Done in Kuwait; Task Force RIPPER;
Task Force PAPA BEAR; Task Force GRIZZLY; Task Force TARO; Task Force SHEPHERD; Task Force TROY; Task Force KING; Task Force X-RAY; Task Force WARDEN; FIRST RECON;
FIFTH MEB; Logistics; Chaplains; Corpsmen; Redeployment; Going Home;
Homecoming Parades; Our Fallen Comrades.
Unusual to find on the open market; have not seen one of these before, and do not see any others anywhere
on the WEB.
FINE. Like new condition.
Bound in blue-gray leather with stamped gold inlay emblem and lettering on
front panel. Issued without dust jacket. No publication information provided; book
evidently privately commissioned by the division. "JOSTENS" stamped on rear cover; evidently the
printer. Essentially a high-end yearbook. This copy is signed by some of the combat participants (lance-cpls & sgts). Forward by the
Commanding General of the 1st. Marine Division, J.M. Myatt; introduction by Sgt. Steve Nelson; afterword by
Captain Rose-Ann L. Sgrigno. Illustrated endpapers; heavy
photographic content in both color and black & white. 130 pages. 8.5x11. Section titles as follows: War Tops the News; roster & group photos of commanders and staff; Desert Shield;
Air War; Desert Storm: 1st Marine Division's Job Done in Kuwait; Task Force RIPPER;
Task Force PAPA BEAR; Task Force GRIZZLY; Task Force TARO; Task Force SHEPHERD; Task Force TROY; Task Force KING; Task Force X-RAY; Task Force WARDEN; FIRST RECON;
FIFTH MEB; Logistics; Chaplains; Corpsmen; Redeployment; Going Home;
Homecoming Parades; Our Fallen Comrades.
Unusual to find on the open market; have not seen one of these before, and do not see any others anywhere
on the WEB.
