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This collection consists of slides, documents and videos collected for the 1991 Desert Storm exhibit.
This collection consists of the material collected for the 1991 Desert Storm exhibit. The first series consists of copies of slides on the following Desert Shield and Storm subjects: aircraft used in the conflict; allied armor; allied personnel; chemical warfare; electronic; fields; ground troops; helicopters; Iraqi men and material; local scenes; med evac; patriot and surface-to-air missiles; night optics; oil fires and slicks; ships; transportation; and weapons. The second series consist of the paper documents, including: captions for part of the slide collection; video captions; DoD and CENTCOM daily press conference transcripts regarding Desert Shield and Storm; and miscellaneous newspaper and magazine articles on Desert Storm. There are also twenty-five videos which contain footage from Desert Storm.
In 1991 the National Air and Space Museum mounted a small display on Desert Shield and Storm. For this exhibit, the Museum's staff collected slides, video, and paper documentation from the Joint Combat Camera Center and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense.
NASM.1991.0087
Joint Camera Combat Center
1990-1991
Joint Combat Camera Center and Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Gift, 1991, NASM.1991.0087
1.71 Cubic feet ((1 slim document legal box and 3 document legal boxes))
National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of the material collected for the 1991 Desert Storm exhibit. The first series consists of copies of slides on the following Desert Shield and Storm subjects: aircraft used in the conflict; allied armor; allied personnel; chemical warfare; electronic; fields; ground troops; helicopters; Iraqi men and material; local scenes; med evac; patriot and surface-to-air missiles; night optics; oil fires and slicks; ships; transportation; and weapons. The second series consist of the paper documents, including: captions for part of the slide collection; video captions; DoD and CENTCOM daily press conference transcripts regarding Desert Shield and Storm; and miscellaneous newspaper and magazine articles on Desert Storm. There are also twenty-five videos which contain footage from Desert Storm.
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Desert Shield and Desert Storm Collection, NASM.1991.0087, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Aeronautics
Persian Gulf War, 1991
Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm (Gulf War)
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Color slides
Video