Introduction • Chronology • Recruitment/ Enlistment • Training • Appearance • Equipment • Conditions of Service • On Campaign • Belief and Belonging • Experience of Battle • After the Battle • Collecting/Museums/Re-enactment • Bibliography • Glossary • Index
A look at the training, weaponry and combat experience of the mechanized infantry in the Fist Gulf War.
Gordon L Rottman entered the US Army in 1967, volunteered for Special Forces and completed training as a weapons specialist. He served in the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam in 1969–70 and subsequently in airborne infantry, long-range patrol and intelligence assignments until retiring after 26 years. He was a special operations forces scenario writer at the Joint Readiness Training Center for 12 years and is now a freelance writer, living in Texas.
"Gordon L Rottman, author of US Mechanized Infantryman in the First Gulf War describes in great detail exactly what happened in this confrontation from the perspective of the main force deployed against Iraq... The former Green Beret and Vietnam War veteran has a keen eye for the soldier's perspective on things. Rottman also has a command of the tactical overview and a gift for making explanations of weaponry and mechanized infantry tactics seem easy to understand... All in all this new title is a must-have for anyone interested in the Gulf War. This is a great book packed with information for the historian and modeler alike." --Karl N Hoy, Toy Soldier & Model Figure
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