Battle of 73 Easting
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The Battle of 73 Easting was fought on 26 February 1991, during the Gulf War, between Coalition armored forces and Iraqi armored forces. It was named for a UTM north–south coordinate line that was use
Destroyed Iraqi Type 69 tank
An Iraqi defensive position in Task Force 1-41 Infantry's sector of operations during the Battle of 73 Easting. The tops of Iraqi tanks can be seen as they sit in defensive entrenchments. More destroyed Iraqi armor sits in the distant background.
Iraqi T-62 knocked out by 3rd Armored Division fire
Wrecked Bradley IFV K-12 burns after being hit by Iraqi tank fire during the first stages of the battle
Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.
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Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. was a United States Army general. While serving as the commander of United States Central Command, he led all coalition forces in the Gulf War against Ba'athist Iraq.
Battle of 73 Easting
…engaged by the full weight of the armored forces and artillery of the 1st Infantry Division. On the night of 23/24 February, in accordance with General Norman Schwarzkopf's plan for the ground assault called "Operation Desert Sabre", VII Corps raced east from Saudi Arabia into Iraq in a wide, sweeping maneuver later…
Official portrait, 1988
Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf Sr., father of H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Schwarzkopf speaking at West Point in the shadow of the Douglas MacArthur statue
Schwarzkopf, then a colonel, consults with other officers during a training mission in California in 1977