Archive photo of the day
ARCHIVE PHOTO OF THE DAYOil-well fire in Kuwait, 1991
Stars and Stripes
May 30, 2019
Joseph Owen ©Stars and StripesKuwait, 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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