Desert Storm Marines: A Marine Tank Company at War in the Gulf

The book is a first-person account of Marine reservists during Operation Desert Shield/Storm in the 1990s, detailing their training, deployment, and battles against the Iraqis. It highlights the challenges they faced, such as bureaucracy, jealousy, and inadequate leadership, and how they overcame them to achieve their objective.

Format: Hardback
Length: 296 pages
Publication date: 05 November 2023
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

From historian and columnist in Leatherneck and Armor magazines, this is the exciting narrative account – based on interviews, first-person accounts, and official documents – of a group of Marine reservists during 1991s Operation Desert Shield/Storm. In this war, thousands of reservists are called up for the first time since the Korean War. The Marines of Bravo Company, 4th Tank Battalion, are hastily trained and sent into action, leading the effort to free Kuwait. Defeating the Iraqis in battle after battle, the Marines reach Kuwait City, accomplishing their objective. Only a few weeks later, they are back home at their former jobs.

During their deployment, they face enemy tanks, mines, and artillery as well as their own bureaucracy, petty jealousies, and one officer who fails to live up to his oath. Their superior officers make debatable decisions, and they are often unsupported. In the end, they find the support they need, the leadership they lack, and a comradeship comparable to historic units like the Band of Brothers, the Old Breed, Knights Templar, and Washingtons Immortals.

The Marines of Bravo Company, 4th Tank Battalion, are a group of reservists who are called up for the first time since the Korean War. They are hastily trained and sent into action, leading the effort to free Kuwait. Defeating the Iraqis in battle after battle, they reach Kuwait City, accomplishing their objective. However, only a few weeks later, they are back home at their former jobs.

During their deployment, they face enemy tanks, mines, and artillery as well as their own bureaucracy, petty jealousies, and one officer who fails to live up to his oath. Their superior officers make debatable decisions, and they are often unsupported. In the end, they find the support they need, the leadership they lack, and a comradeship comparable to historic units like the Band of Brothers, the Old Breed, Knights Templar, and Washingtons Immortals.

The Marines of Bravo Company, 4th Tank Battalion, are a group of reservists who are called up for the first time since the Korean War. They are hastily trained and sent into action, leading the effort to free Kuwait. Defeating the Iraqis in battle after battle, they reach Kuwait City, accomplishing their objective. However, only a few weeks later, they are back home at their former jobs.

During their deployment, they face enemy tanks, mines, and artillery as well as their own bureaucracy, petty jealousies, and one officer who fails to live up to his oath. Their superior officers make debatable decisions, and they are often unsupported. In the end, they find the support they need, the leadership they lack, and a comradeship comparable to historic units like the Band of Brothers, the Old Breed, Knights Templar, and Washingtons Immortals.

The Marines of Bravo Company, 4th Tank Battalion, are a group of reservists who are called up for the first time since the Korean War. They are hastily trained and sent into action, leading the effort to free Kuwait. Defeating the Iraqis in battle after battle, they reach Kuwait City, accomplishing their objective. However, only a few weeks later, they are back home at their former jobs.

During their deployment, they face enemy tanks, mines, and artillery as well as their own bureaucracy, petty jealousies, and one officer who fails to live up to his oath. Their superior officers make debatable decisions, and they are often unsupported. In the end, they find the support they need, the leadership they lack, and a comradeship comparable to historic units like the Band of Brothers, the Old Breed, Knights Templar, and Washingtons Immortals.

Weight: 608g
Dimension: 229 x 166 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781493075676