LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Desert Rats go to Gulf

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:28

Description

Brigadier General Tom Draude(?), of the US First Marine Division, speaks in Saudi Arabia about US and UK forces working together and the problems Britain’s first fighting troops arriving in the Gulf for Operation Desert Shield - the famed Desert Rats of the seventh army brigade – will face. He is sure they will live up to their reputation. Report by Phil Edwards

Contributors

Phil Edwards; Tom Draude(?)

Keywords

USA; Armed forces; UK; Saudi Arabia; Gulf War (1990-1991); Desert warfare

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