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Operation Desert Storm correspondence
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Operation Desert Storm correspondence

Tom Bower · February 27, 1991

paper; ink
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CC0 — Public Domain
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This letter was sent by Marine Corps Major Reina M. DuVal to a friend back home in Maryland while stationed in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm. In the three-page, double-sided, handwritten letter she shares her thoughts on the purpose and course of the war. She condemns the actions of Saddam Hussain, describes her role with the Marines and talks of her willingness to continue fighting to get rid of tyrants. Interspersed with this are lighter comments on the youth of her companions and the spectacle of the extreme weather conditions.

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