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A Parade for Desert Storm Soldiers
This photo is curtesy of www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/Customes_Traditions/Parade_Preceden...
Senior Army leaders form Desert Storm remembered how they had come home from Vietnam in the sixties and seventies. The soldiers either came home in small groups or as individuals, and they came home to find there were no parades of welcome, only protesters who were disgusted by the war and those who fought in it. This memory never left the Vietnam veterans, and these leaders did not want the same fate for their soldiers. . However, this was not the case for returning Desert Storm troops. These soldiers came back to their town to find crowds of yellow, red, white, and blue, and family members and friends surrounding the soldiers cheering them on. Chicago was the first major city to hold a major celebration on May 10. One of the largest military parades in the history of the country took place in Washington, D.C., on June 8. General Schwarzkopf led representatives from each of his commands past the presidential reviewing stand. Family members knew in advance when and exactly which soldiers were on their way. They were shown support for the efforts they made in Kuwait, and were celebrated for the victory.
Bourque, Stephen. 2002. Jayhawk! The VII Corps in the Persian Gulf War. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office.
For more information on military parades, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_parade
A Parade for Desert Storm Soldiers
This photo is curtesy of www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/Customes_Traditions/Parade_Preceden...
Senior Army leaders form Desert Storm remembered how they had come home from Vietnam in the sixties and seventies. The soldiers either came home in small groups or as individuals, and they came home to find there were no parades of welcome, only protesters who were disgusted by the war and those who fought in it. This memory never left the Vietnam veterans, and these leaders did not want the same fate for their soldiers. . However, this was not the case for returning Desert Storm troops. These soldiers came back to their town to find crowds of yellow, red, white, and blue, and family members and friends surrounding the soldiers cheering them on. Chicago was the first major city to hold a major celebration on May 10. One of the largest military parades in the history of the country took place in Washington, D.C., on June 8. General Schwarzkopf led representatives from each of his commands past the presidential reviewing stand. Family members knew in advance when and exactly which soldiers were on their way. They were shown support for the efforts they made in Kuwait, and were celebrated for the victory.
Bourque, Stephen. 2002. Jayhawk! The VII Corps in the Persian Gulf War. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office.
For more information on military parades, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_parade