ARCHIVE PHOTO OF THE DAY
Oil-well fire in Kuwait, 1991
By STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 30, 2019
Joseph Owen ©Stars and Stripes
Kuwait, March, 1991: American servicemembers are silhouetted against the flames from one of the many oil-well fires set by Iraqi troops fleeing Kuwait during the Gulf War.
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