Storming the American Embassy
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On 28 February 1991, U.S. Army Special Forces and U.S. Navy SEAL teams surrounded the American Embassy in Kuwait City and formally took it back as a symbolic gesture of victory over Iraqi forces.
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Wars & Conflicts
- Persian Gulf War 1990-1991
Navy Communities
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