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Team Yankee–A novel of World War III

"All Bravo 3 Romeo elements, upon impact of friendly artillery, you will commence firing. Maintain fire distribution and good shooting. Romeo 25, out." Team Yankee, page 53 Harold Coyle is a retired armor officer who, among other assignments, served in Desert Storm. Team Yankee was his debut novel, first published in 1987. The story follows …

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Desert Sabre, our war – it wasn’t like you saw on TV

I served in the 1991 Gulf War with another of VII Corps' powerful armored units, the US Army's 1st Infantry Division, the fabled Big Red One. As a cavalry scout in an armor battalion, I lived the war through what I think of as a worm's eye lens.

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Door Gunner, Vietnam. 1967 by SP4 Michael Crook

Door Gunner
Specialist Fourth Class Michael Crook served as an Army artist in Vietnam with Combat Art Team III from February-June 1967. While in-country, he painted this image of a door gunner on a UH-1D Huey helicopter of the 128th Assault Helicopter Company, 1st Aviation Brigade. From its base at Phu Loi Base Camp in Bin Duong …

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