The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States.

Thanksgiving Visit. President George H.W. Bush meets with troops in Saudi Arabia on Thanksgiving during the Gulf War, Nov. 22, 1990.

The Gulf states’ refusal to cancel Iraq’s war debts contributed to Saddam Hussein’s decision to make threats against Iraq’s rich, but militarily weak, neighbor Kuwait. President George Bush speaks to U.S. Military personnel gathered for his Thanksgiving holiday …

Dec 8, 2023 · “Just two hours ago, Allied air forces began a targeted attack on military targets in Iraq and Kuwait.” That’s how President George H. W. Bush announced the start of the Persian Gulf War to the nation on 16 January 1991. To understand how we got to that moment, we need to take a step back.

In 1990, during the buildup to the Gulf War, Thanksgiving found U.S. troops stationed in Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield. Under the command of General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, American forces were preparing for a potential conflict …

Nov 22, 2016 · President George H.W. Bush served Thanksgiving dinner to troops stationed in Saudi Arabia in 1990 ahead of the Gulf War, while his son, President George W. Bush, did the same in a...

Jan 16, 2023 · Retired Army Sgt. 1st Class Jim Gill, a Gulf War veteran who served during Operation Desert Storm, reflects on his experiences while deployed to Iraq in 1991.

Dec 3, 1990 · Before he left Paris to spend Thanksgiving with the troops in the gulf, the President vainly pleaded with Gorbachev to support publicly a U.N. Security Council resolution authorizing the U.S....

Nov 22, 1990 · Senator Bob Dole greets U.S. Soldiers Stationed in Persian Gulf in a pre-Thanksgiving visit by President Bush and Other Dignitaries during Operation Desert Storm

Jan 1, 2001 · Nov. 22 Bush spends Thanksgiving in Gulf with US troops. EC-130 psychological operations aircraft broadcast Voice of America into Kuwait. Bush warns that Iraq is developing nuclear weapons.