Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/veterans-voices-first-gulf-war Memories and stories from Minnesota veterans who served in the First Gulf War. To learn more, visit MinnesotaVets.org. Made possible with support from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage fund. © 2025 Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations. All rights reserved. 1a0c3d4d-6a83-5ad0-8bae-178b6397cc80 no en Thu, 10 Apr 2025 13:29:49 -0500 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 00:17:07 -0600 http://MinnesotaVets.org https://img.transistor.fm/cJtlaF8HPHiav3odDVJn5-gbV0jpWinYQNkAPror6SA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kOWU3/OWY4NGY4N2I5M2Vk/OTdmMDgwYzFmNDkw/N2RlOC5wbmc.jpg http://MinnesotaVets.org serial AMPERS Memories and stories from Minnesota veterans who served in the First Gulf War. To learn more, visit MinnesotaVets.org. Made possible with support from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage fund. Memories and stories from Minnesota veterans who served in the First Gulf War. First Gulf War, Minnesota, Veterans AMPERS emily@ampers.org No No 1 1 Cal Portner: Mobile Photo Processing Unit full 5c1961fd-e874-45fe-9bdb-649bbaab450b https://share.transistor.fm/s/d6692282 Cal Portner was part of a unit that ran a mobile photomat at his German base. When Desert Shield, and later Desert Storm, broke out, he and his unit members were not allowed to deploy, for the moment, because their work was so essential to the security of Europe.

]]> Cal Portner was part of a unit that ran a mobile photomat at his German base. When Desert Shield, and later Desert Storm, broke out, he and his unit members were not allowed to deploy, for the moment, because their work was so essential to the security of Europe.

]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:25:09 -0500 AMPERS AMPERS 90 Cal Portner was part of a unit that ran a mobile photomat at his German base. When Desert Shield, and later Desert Storm, broke out, he and his unit members were not allowed to deploy, for the moment, because their work was so essential to the security of Europe.

]]> First Gulf War, Minnesota, Veterans No Britt Aamodt Chris Harwood 2 2 Darrin Janisch: Alpha Alert full 4b1c8670-8ec7-442a-ae11-16cc98794d19 https://share.transistor.fm/s/fe2adb52 Darrin Janisch’s fellow paratroopers in the 82nd Airborne had just returned from Operation Just Cause in Panama. They figured that was their big deployment for a long while. They never figured on Saddam Hussein invading Kuwait.

]]> Darrin Janisch’s fellow paratroopers in the 82nd Airborne had just returned from Operation Just Cause in Panama. They figured that was their big deployment for a long while. They never figured on Saddam Hussein invading Kuwait.

]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:26:32 -0500 AMPERS AMPERS 90 Darrin Janisch’s fellow paratroopers in the 82nd Airborne had just returned from Operation Just Cause in Panama. They figured that was their big deployment for a long while. They never figured on Saddam Hussein invading Kuwait.

]]> First Gulf War, Minnesota, Veterans No Britt Aamodt Chris Harwood 3 3 Larry Liljenquist: With the 7th Fleet full d4a63209-de99-485a-b936-efccf356ac35 https://share.transistor.fm/s/d71c64b5 Larry Liljenquist, a marine, was given sea duty on the flagship for the 7th Fleet. The fleet, scheduled to go to Russia, suddenly received orders to redirect to the Persian Gulf.

]]> Larry Liljenquist, a marine, was given sea duty on the flagship for the 7th Fleet. The fleet, scheduled to go to Russia, suddenly received orders to redirect to the Persian Gulf.

]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:27:38 -0500 AMPERS AMPERS 90 Larry Liljenquist, a marine, was given sea duty on the flagship for the 7th Fleet. The fleet, scheduled to go to Russia, suddenly received orders to redirect to the Persian Gulf.

]]> First Gulf War, Minnesota, Veterans No Britt Aamodt Chris Harwood 4 4 Lori Allert: Mobilized full 0d837eeb-63c1-4dde-bf41-2ae9f0534de7 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a02687b5 Army nurse Lori Allert was told in summer 1990 that she may be deployed. Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi forces had invaded Kuwait. So she waited. And waited. Finally, after New Year’s, she got the call. She was being mobilized.

]]> Army nurse Lori Allert was told in summer 1990 that she may be deployed. Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi forces had invaded Kuwait. So she waited. And waited. Finally, after New Year’s, she got the call. She was being mobilized.

]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:28:25 -0500 AMPERS AMPERS 90 Army nurse Lori Allert was told in summer 1990 that she may be deployed. Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi forces had invaded Kuwait. So she waited. And waited. Finally, after New Year’s, she got the call. She was being mobilized.

]]> First Gulf War, Minnesota, Veterans No Britt Aamodt Chris Harwood 5 5 Theresa Dawson: Russian Linguist full 33b30fca-9d0d-4b35-9f21-249140b99996 https://share.transistor.fm/s/edfb4b70 Theresa Dawson was a Russian linguist in Berlin when war the US went to war with Iraq. Though her unit had the opportunity to deploy, they were still vital to the mission in Europe, where the Berlin wall had fallen but a Soviet threat still lingered. 

]]> Theresa Dawson was a Russian linguist in Berlin when war the US went to war with Iraq. Though her unit had the opportunity to deploy, they were still vital to the mission in Europe, where the Berlin wall had fallen but a Soviet threat still lingered. 

]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:29:11 -0500 AMPERS AMPERS 90 Theresa Dawson was a Russian linguist in Berlin when war the US went to war with Iraq. Though her unit had the opportunity to deploy, they were still vital to the mission in Europe, where the Berlin wall had fallen but a Soviet threat still lingered. 

]]> First Gulf War, Minnesota, Veterans No Britt Aamodt Chris Harwood 6 6 Lisa Erickson: Jet Engine Mechanic full 87d38bfb-9855-46ed-af8f-3ef082cd3f53 https://share.transistor.fm/s/6bfff482 Lisa Erickson's dad joked that she didn’t even know how to put gas in her car. But the Air Force made her a jet engine mechanic and she learned. She was one of two females on the crew at Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa, that supplied jet engine motors to planes in the Gulf War. 

]]> Lisa Erickson's dad joked that she didn’t even know how to put gas in her car. But the Air Force made her a jet engine mechanic and she learned. She was one of two females on the crew at Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa, that supplied jet engine motors to planes in the Gulf War. 

]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:29:58 -0500 AMPERS AMPERS 90 Lisa Erickson's dad joked that she didn’t even know how to put gas in her car. But the Air Force made her a jet engine mechanic and she learned. She was one of two females on the crew at Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa, that supplied jet engine motors to planes in the Gulf War. 

]]> First Gulf War, Minnesota, Veterans No Britt Aamodt Chris Harwood 7 7 Cal Portner: Trip to Spain full 21cf27b3-6833-4572-a92e-c21e84b118ce https://share.transistor.fm/s/e27c3240 During Desert Storm, Cal Portner’s unit was asked to take its mobile photo equipment to Spain to set up a photo processing and interpretation center for a stateside unit.

]]> During Desert Storm, Cal Portner’s unit was asked to take its mobile photo equipment to Spain to set up a photo processing and interpretation center for a stateside unit.

]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:30:57 -0500 AMPERS AMPERS 90 During Desert Storm, Cal Portner’s unit was asked to take its mobile photo equipment to Spain to set up a photo processing and interpretation center for a stateside unit.

]]> First Gulf War, Minnesota, Veterans No Britt Aamodt Chris Harwood 8 8 Eric Kerska: Good Hunting full 3e05ed8f-466f-476c-9a3c-888ec98d3df8 https://share.transistor.fm/s/85b65186 Erick Kerska’s plane touched down in Saudi Arabia. The Gulf War was ramping up and this Army officer never forgot what the flight attendant told him when he exited the plane: "Good hunting."

]]> Erick Kerska’s plane touched down in Saudi Arabia. The Gulf War was ramping up and this Army officer never forgot what the flight attendant told him when he exited the plane: "Good hunting."

]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:32:58 -0500 AMPERS AMPERS 90 Erick Kerska’s plane touched down in Saudi Arabia. The Gulf War was ramping up and this Army officer never forgot what the flight attendant told him when he exited the plane: "Good hunting."

]]> First Gulf War, Minnesota, Veterans No Britt Aamodt Chris Harwood 9 9 Casey Mahon: Public Affairs Officer full 4fad93ac-5b80-4f70-869e-2a8e0a8485e1 https://share.transistor.fm/s/05286e53 Casey Mahon was coming off a 12-hour shift in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, when an explosion shook his building. It was a Patriot missile encountering a scud. That’s when he knew he was at war..

]]> Casey Mahon was coming off a 12-hour shift in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, when an explosion shook his building. It was a Patriot missile encountering a scud. That’s when he knew he was at war..

]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:34:09 -0500 AMPERS AMPERS 90 Casey Mahon was coming off a 12-hour shift in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, when an explosion shook his building. It was a Patriot missile encountering a scud. That’s when he knew he was at war..

]]> First Gulf War, Minnesota, Veterans No Britt Aamodt Chris Harwood 10 10 Jeff Hall: Ambulance Unit full 1e25e794-98ec-4d03-a301-2f285cb849de https://share.transistor.fm/s/edd91fad Jeff Hall was an officer assigned to an ambulance company. His drivers had to be ready at a moment’s notice. Still, he found some of the units they were assigned to had put them on KP duty. What if casualties suddenly came in?

]]> Jeff Hall was an officer assigned to an ambulance company. His drivers had to be ready at a moment’s notice. Still, he found some of the units they were assigned to had put them on KP duty. What if casualties suddenly came in?

]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:35:30 -0500 AMPERS AMPERS 90 Jeff Hall was an officer assigned to an ambulance company. His drivers had to be ready at a moment’s notice. Still, he found some of the units they were assigned to had put them on KP duty. What if casualties suddenly came in?

]]> First Gulf War, Minnesota, Veterans No Britt Aamodt Chris Harwood 11 11 Kathy Friedrich: The Sandbag Team full d249292a-51da-4280-b748-dcff1ec2b01e https://share.transistor.fm/s/be5e1ee1 Kathy Friedrich had trained to be an ICU nurse with the Army. Yet when she first arrived in Saudi Arabia, she and the other nurses and doctors found themselves filling sandbags.

]]> Kathy Friedrich had trained to be an ICU nurse with the Army. Yet when she first arrived in Saudi Arabia, she and the other nurses and doctors found themselves filling sandbags.

]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:36:14 -0500 AMPERS AMPERS 90 Kathy Friedrich had trained to be an ICU nurse with the Army. Yet when she first arrived in Saudi Arabia, she and the other nurses and doctors found themselves filling sandbags.

]]> First Gulf War, Minnesota, Veterans No Britt Aamodt Chris Harwood 12 12 Larry Liljenquist: Mail Call full e14dc8ac-d9b1-4835-9618-905042de84cf https://share.transistor.fm/s/9b7b8fd6 Larry Liiljenquist, stationed on the USS Blue Ridge, looked forward to mail call. There were letters from family and packages from a Persian Gulf support group back home with, among other things, the latest (now a month old) copy of the local paper.

]]> Larry Liiljenquist, stationed on the USS Blue Ridge, looked forward to mail call. There were letters from family and packages from a Persian Gulf support group back home with, among other things, the latest (now a month old) copy of the local paper.

]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:37:18 -0500 AMPERS AMPERS 90 Larry Liiljenquist, stationed on the USS Blue Ridge, looked forward to mail call. There were letters from family and packages from a Persian Gulf support group back home with, among other things, the latest (now a month old) copy of the local paper.

]]> First Gulf War, Minnesota, Veterans No Britt Aamodt Chris Harwood 13 13 Shelby Setnikar: A Surprise Awakening full 7ff185b8-2138-442a-ad06-5c52dea7547f https://share.transistor.fm/s/a202f6c7 Shelby Setnikar, a pharmacist tech with the Army’s Third Infantry Division, came off guard duty to take a nap in the large barracks tent when someone burst in shouting, "Gas! Gas! Gas!"

]]> Shelby Setnikar, a pharmacist tech with the Army’s Third Infantry Division, came off guard duty to take a nap in the large barracks tent when someone burst in shouting, "Gas! Gas! Gas!"

]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:38:28 -0500 AMPERS AMPERS 90 Shelby Setnikar, a pharmacist tech with the Army’s Third Infantry Division, came off guard duty to take a nap in the large barracks tent when someone burst in shouting, "Gas! Gas! Gas!"

]]> First Gulf War, Minnesota, Veterans No Britt Aamodt Chris Harwood 14 14 Lisa Erickson: Engines and Sand full f53e04b1-f5c5-4758-ab63-6c1d0407106d https://share.transistor.fm/s/82822f6d Lisa Erickson, a jet engine mechanic at Kadena Air Force Base in Okinawa, specialized in the Pratt & Whitney F100 engine that went in the Air Force’s F-15 and F-16 planes. Though not directly in the Gulf War, Erickson and her crew worked long hours prepping engines to send to the Gulf and repairing the sand-clogged engines that returned from there. 

]]> Lisa Erickson, a jet engine mechanic at Kadena Air Force Base in Okinawa, specialized in the Pratt & Whitney F100 engine that went in the Air Force’s F-15 and F-16 planes. Though not directly in the Gulf War, Erickson and her crew worked long hours prepping engines to send to the Gulf and repairing the sand-clogged engines that returned from there. 

]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:44:49 -0500 AMPERS AMPERS 90 Lisa Erickson, a jet engine mechanic at Kadena Air Force Base in Okinawa, specialized in the Pratt & Whitney F100 engine that went in the Air Force’s F-15 and F-16 planes. Though not directly in the Gulf War, Erickson and her crew worked long hours prepping engines to send to the Gulf and repairing the sand-clogged engines that returned from there. 

]]> First Gulf War, Minnesota, Veterans No Britt Aamodt Chris Harwood 15 15 John W. Marshall: Humanizing the Enemy full a0eb1eb0-acf5-4188-a53e-661183df5e88 https://share.transistor.fm/s/8075cea7 John W. Marshall was hit by friendly tank fire, though he didn’t know it at the time. He was on the ground when an Iraqi—the enemy—ran up and offered him a drink of water and a cigarette.

]]> John W. Marshall was hit by friendly tank fire, though he didn’t know it at the time. He was on the ground when an Iraqi—the enemy—ran up and offered him a drink of water and a cigarette.

]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:46:35 -0500 AMPERS AMPERS 90 John W. Marshall was hit by friendly tank fire, though he didn’t know it at the time. He was on the ground when an Iraqi—the enemy—ran up and offered him a drink of water and a cigarette.

]]> First Gulf War, Minnesota, Veterans No Britt Aamodt Chris Harwood 16 16 Kathy Friedrich: Iraqi Patients full 6115edcf-b81c-4a54-8def-e3a954e33af5 https://share.transistor.fm/s/20a66529 As an Army nurse in the First Gulf War, Kathy Friedrich ended up spending more time taking care of Iraqi POWs than American wounded. Her patients broke down into two groups: Saddam Hussein’s elite Guard and the ordinary Iraqi citizen forced into the conflict.

]]> As an Army nurse in the First Gulf War, Kathy Friedrich ended up spending more time taking care of Iraqi POWs than American wounded. Her patients broke down into two groups: Saddam Hussein’s elite Guard and the ordinary Iraqi citizen forced into the conflict.

]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:48:32 -0500 AMPERS AMPERS 90 As an Army nurse in the First Gulf War, Kathy Friedrich ended up spending more time taking care of Iraqi POWs than American wounded. Her patients broke down into two groups: Saddam Hussein’s elite Guard and the ordinary Iraqi citizen forced into the conflict.

]]> First Gulf War, Minnesota, Veterans No Britt Aamodt Chris Harwood 17 17 Lori Allert: The Army Hospital at Landstuhl full 13c458ef-17a9-4e6f-9814-8c77e2824724 https://share.transistor.fm/s/fd55b030 Lori Allert was stationed at the Army hospital at Landstuhl in Germany. There, the nurse helped stabilize US military troops wounded in the First Gulf War before their trip to stateside hospitals.

]]> Lori Allert was stationed at the Army hospital at Landstuhl in Germany. There, the nurse helped stabilize US military troops wounded in the First Gulf War before their trip to stateside hospitals.

]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:49:10 -0500 AMPERS AMPERS 90 Lori Allert was stationed at the Army hospital at Landstuhl in Germany. There, the nurse helped stabilize US military troops wounded in the First Gulf War before their trip to stateside hospitals.

]]> First Gulf War, Minnesota, Veterans No Britt Aamodt Chris Harwood 18 18 Paul Lesch: In the Engine Room full c8b66497-5292-44ba-a292-0334bba097ee https://share.transistor.fm/s/e65f2fb0 Paul Lesch’s day aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt started, officially, at 7 a.m. But there was constant maintenance to be done in the nuclear reactor space. Then there were late-night drills. He was lucky to get three hours of sleep, let alone see the sun.

]]> Paul Lesch’s day aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt started, officially, at 7 a.m. But there was constant maintenance to be done in the nuclear reactor space. Then there were late-night drills. He was lucky to get three hours of sleep, let alone see the sun.

]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:50:15 -0500 AMPERS AMPERS 90 Paul Lesch’s day aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt started, officially, at 7 a.m. But there was constant maintenance to be done in the nuclear reactor space. Then there were late-night drills. He was lucky to get three hours of sleep, let alone see the sun.

]]> First Gulf War, Minnesota, Veterans No Britt Aamodt Chris Harwood 19 19 Victoria Shadley: Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic full e1c67e4e-e8d9-476c-b390-260ad855924c https://share.transistor.fm/s/94ee6653 Victoria Shadley was told the sergeant major didn’t like the grease under her fingernails from a recent brake job. And not long after, this Army light wheel mechanic found herself deployed to Turkey for the cleanup of the First Gulf War.

]]> Victoria Shadley was told the sergeant major didn’t like the grease under her fingernails from a recent brake job. And not long after, this Army light wheel mechanic found herself deployed to Turkey for the cleanup of the First Gulf War.

]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:51:41 -0500 AMPERS AMPERS 90 Victoria Shadley was told the sergeant major didn’t like the grease under her fingernails from a recent brake job. And not long after, this Army light wheel mechanic found herself deployed to Turkey for the cleanup of the First Gulf War.

]]> First Gulf War, Minnesota, Veterans No Britt Aamodt Chris Harwood 20 20 Darrin Janisch: War’s End full 84ee5231-21d6-46b9-851a-9c093795c9e1 https://share.transistor.fm/s/dce12513 On February 23, Darrin Janisch and the 82nd Airborne participated in the beginning of the ground war. They were 100 hours in, over the border in Iraq, when the war suddenly ended.

]]> On February 23, Darrin Janisch and the 82nd Airborne participated in the beginning of the ground war. They were 100 hours in, over the border in Iraq, when the war suddenly ended.

]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:52:32 -0500 AMPERS AMPERS 90 On February 23, Darrin Janisch and the 82nd Airborne participated in the beginning of the ground war. They were 100 hours in, over the border in Iraq, when the war suddenly ended.

]]> First Gulf War, Minnesota, Veterans No Britt Aamodt Chris Harwood 21 21 Casey Mahon: The Daily CNN Briefing full d026ad0c-d1e2-4b79-a338-806c202bc6ef https://share.transistor.fm/s/3751c33e As a public affairs officer, Casey Mahon was responsible for attending the daily CNN briefing. Because Mahon held the microphone for reporters asking questions, he unwittingly found himself part of the daily broadcast.

]]> As a public affairs officer, Casey Mahon was responsible for attending the daily CNN briefing. Because Mahon held the microphone for reporters asking questions, he unwittingly found himself part of the daily broadcast.

]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:53:40 -0500 AMPERS AMPERS 90 As a public affairs officer, Casey Mahon was responsible for attending the daily CNN briefing. Because Mahon held the microphone for reporters asking questions, he unwittingly found himself part of the daily broadcast.

]]> First Gulf War, Minnesota, Veterans No Britt Aamodt Chris Harwood 22 22 Eric Kerska: 300 Miles of Desert full 3f396406-b529-4f0f-9766-9adfa40f793d https://share.transistor.fm/s/7cb251ed Eric Kerska, a captain with a tank battalion, was told to convoy his troops across 300 miles of desert. But all he had was a compass and a hand-drawn map.

]]> Eric Kerska, a captain with a tank battalion, was told to convoy his troops across 300 miles of desert. But all he had was a compass and a hand-drawn map.

]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:54:17 -0500 AMPERS AMPERS 90 Eric Kerska, a captain with a tank battalion, was told to convoy his troops across 300 miles of desert. But all he had was a compass and a hand-drawn map.

]]> First Gulf War, Minnesota, Veterans No Britt Aamodt Chris Harwood 23 23 Jeff Hall: Scud Attack full 7d798188-4b99-43d9-aa90-bec7e7dbd32e https://share.transistor.fm/s/e2747e08 Jeff Hall's ambulance group deployed to Saudi Arabia and, within a week, the war found them when scud missiles started heading their way.

]]> Jeff Hall's ambulance group deployed to Saudi Arabia and, within a week, the war found them when scud missiles started heading their way.

]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:55:12 -0500 AMPERS AMPERS 90 Jeff Hall's ambulance group deployed to Saudi Arabia and, within a week, the war found them when scud missiles started heading their way.

]]> First Gulf War, Minnesota, Veterans No Britt Aamodt Chris Harwood 24 24 John W. Marshall: 73 Easting Tank Battle full 41aeee63-1fd2-436a-b742-7478099e6945 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a605f36a John W. Marshall, Duluth, signed up for infantry because that’s what he wanted. On February 26, 1991, he and his unit encountered Saddam Hussein’s Republican Guard in the Battle of 73 Easting, the largest tank battle since World War II.

]]> John W. Marshall, Duluth, signed up for infantry because that’s what he wanted. On February 26, 1991, he and his unit encountered Saddam Hussein’s Republican Guard in the Battle of 73 Easting, the largest tank battle since World War II.

]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:56:11 -0500 AMPERS AMPERS 90 John W. Marshall, Duluth, signed up for infantry because that’s what he wanted. On February 26, 1991, he and his unit encountered Saddam Hussein’s Republican Guard in the Battle of 73 Easting, the largest tank battle since World War II.

]]> First Gulf War, Minnesota, Veterans No Britt Aamodt Chris Harwood 25 25 Paul Lesch: The Newbie full dcd88a29-21ca-4497-b442-26829e5a1de0 https://share.transistor.fm/s/f85b020e Paul Lesch was just a newbie nuclear machinist mate when he was helicoptered to the USS Theodore Roosevelt at the start of the First Gulf War. Even for someone in training, there was no downtime aboard the aircraft carrier that flew bombing missions to Iraq around the clock.

]]> Paul Lesch was just a newbie nuclear machinist mate when he was helicoptered to the USS Theodore Roosevelt at the start of the First Gulf War. Even for someone in training, there was no downtime aboard the aircraft carrier that flew bombing missions to Iraq around the clock.

]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:56:49 -0500 AMPERS AMPERS 90 Paul Lesch was just a newbie nuclear machinist mate when he was helicoptered to the USS Theodore Roosevelt at the start of the First Gulf War. Even for someone in training, there was no downtime aboard the aircraft carrier that flew bombing missions to Iraq around the clock.

]]> First Gulf War, Minnesota, Veterans No Britt Aamodt Chris Harwood 26 26 Shelby Setnikar: Two Bottles of Evian full 74f44044-7026-4dcd-8db2-9824a4d8c6e7 https://share.transistor.fm/s/39c75095 Shelby Setnikar, Biwabik, set out on a caravan through the Saudi desert en route to Baghdad with the Army’s Third Infantry Division. They slept in their vehicles, ate MRE’s and were given two bottles of Evian water a day.

]]> Shelby Setnikar, Biwabik, set out on a caravan through the Saudi desert en route to Baghdad with the Army’s Third Infantry Division. They slept in their vehicles, ate MRE’s and were given two bottles of Evian water a day.

]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:57:33 -0500 AMPERS AMPERS 90 Shelby Setnikar, Biwabik, set out on a caravan through the Saudi desert en route to Baghdad with the Army’s Third Infantry Division. They slept in their vehicles, ate MRE’s and were given two bottles of Evian water a day.

]]> First Gulf War, Minnesota, Veterans No Britt Aamodt Chris Harwood 27 27 Victoria Shadley: The Wash Rack full 991fc9f9-87cc-40aa-ae5f-eb91aa0cb8a2 https://share.transistor.fm/s/ec51aded Victoria Shadley's job began after the First Gulf War ended. She and her crew ran a wash rack in Turkey, where they cleaned military vehicles returning from the war and then sent them on ships bound for home.

]]> Victoria Shadley's job began after the First Gulf War ended. She and her crew ran a wash rack in Turkey, where they cleaned military vehicles returning from the war and then sent them on ships bound for home.

]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:58:25 -0500 AMPERS AMPERS 90 Victoria Shadley's job began after the First Gulf War ended. She and her crew ran a wash rack in Turkey, where they cleaned military vehicles returning from the war and then sent them on ships bound for home.

]]> First Gulf War, Minnesota, Veterans No Britt Aamodt Chris Harwood