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Originally posted by DCaldwell05BCP
Sorry, but everybody in this thread is wrong about the Gulf War.
The Gulf War was the result of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on August 2nd, 1990. The US and Coalition forces then proceeded in an build up of forces in the Gulf in an operation called Desert Shield. The UN then pasted numerous resolutions against Iraq and issued an ultimatum to Iraq to leave Kuwait by January 15th, 1991. Iraq did not comply, and Coalition aircraft commenced hostilities on January 16th, 1991. The ground war began on Feburary 24th and lasted for 100 hours. The war ended with Iraq settling on a cease fire and all our POWs were returned in March. (except for Speicher)
Its kinda of sad that nobody could nail down the year that the Gulf War started. 
THE DUKES!
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Excellent history, but the GROUND WAR lasted 100 hours. The air sorties for the war lasted much longer.