Started on 1 August 1990 with the Kuwait invasion by Iraq,
the Gulf War highlights human rightsand interdependence
among the nations. With more than half the world's proved
reserves of petroleum and natural gas in the Gulf peace
required regional cooperation. Amidst cries of terrible abuse
in Kuwait, and use of chemical weapons, 29 countries joined a
United Nations Coalition, involving five weeks of strategic
bombing, and a lightning ground offensive. The 100-hour War
under General H. Norman Schqarzkopf, CIC, achieved unity with  

Coalition partners. Kuwait City was liberated - but only after horrendous ecological crimes. Desert Storm temporarily returned peace to the Gulf Region, until Gulf War II, March, 2003. Billowing smoke from a burning oil well symbolizes in bronze the severe environmental pollution triggered by the Gulf War. Bas-relief elements include infantry soldier, armor, helicopter, and jet. Two camels suggest the eons, the desert and the Middle East.

All monument descriptions in the Memorial Gallery are written by Kathleen Van Ella.

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