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Dramatis Personae

Preface

Prologue: 8:00 P.M., January 29, 1991, Observation Post 4, on the Kuwaiti Border Fifty Miles West of Khafji

Part I The Outpost Battles

1 The Persian Gulf Theater, Winter 1991

2 Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, July-August 1990

3 January 19, 1991, Northeastern Saudi Arabia

4 6:00 P.M., January 29, 1991, Observation Post 4

5 8:20 P.M., January 29, 1991, Observation Post 4

6 Approximately 8:45 P.M., January 29, 1991, the Berm, Observation Post 4

7 9:00 P.M., January 29, 1991, the Berm, Observation Post 4

8 Approximately 9:00 P.M., January 29, 1991, Observation Post 4

9 Nighttime, January 29, 1991, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 250 Miles South of Observation Post 4

10 Approximately 9:15 P.M., January 29, 1991, Observation Post 4

11 Approximately 9:30 P.M., January 29, 1991, Observation Post 4

12 12:45 A.M., January 30, Observation Post 4

13 Dawn, January 29, 1991, Just South of the Kuwaiti Border

Part II The Battle for Khafji    

14 6:45 A.M., January 29, 1991, Observation Post 8, Six Miles North of Khafji

15 January 29, 1991, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Intelligence Group Forward Headquarters, Four Miles North of Khafji

16 9:00 P.M., January 29, 1991, Khafji

17 Morning, January 30, 1991, Khafji

18 Mid-Morning, January 30, 1991, Khafji

19 2nd Saudi Arabian National Guard Brigade Headquarters, Five Miles West of Mishab

20 11:00 P.M., January 30, 1991, on the Coastal Highway Just South of Khafji

21 Nighttime, January 30, 1991, Five Miles Northwest of Khafji

22 Dawn, January 31, 1991, Khafji

23 7:00 A.M., January 31, 1991, Khafji

Epilogue

Where Are They Now?

Roster of the Fallen

U.S. Marine Corps Key Words and Acronyms

Sources

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index