Operation Welcome Home Page #3

with radar jamming and strikes

against their air defenses.

Strange

How my heart beats

To find myself

Upon your shore

Strange

How I still feel

My loss of comfort

Gone before

Iraq's once-mighty army

would face 100 hours of hell.

In a classic military tactic,

American and coalition forces

launched ground attacks

that completely overwhelmed

Saddam's military machine.

So time is stolen

I cannot

Hold you long enough

And so

This is where

I should be now

Days and nights

falling by

Days and nights

falling by me

I know of a dream

I should be holding

Days and nights...

On February 27, 1991,

Kuwait City is liberated.

Thank you, Bush!

Thank you, Bush!

Thank you, Bush!

The remnants of the Iraqi army

are in full retreat.

Thousands surrender

as U.S.-led forces

pursue the Iraqis

toward Baghdad and Basra

amid scenes of

mass destruction and chaos,

impacting on the world's

consciousness.

That's it! Go, Bravo!

Let's go, Bravo!

Awesome, man.

Scattered units

of the Iraqi army

still posed a threat

to the American forces,

triggering a coordinated

U.S. assault with tanks,

aircraft and armor in the

final battle of Desert Storm.

This was the ultimate test

of combined arms tactics,

lending Army, Navy, Air Force

and Marine combat

power and technology

that made for a quick

and decisive victory.

While high-tech weaponry

got most of the attention,

it was the men and women of the U.S.

military that made it work.

From the pilots, grunts and

technicians to the commanders,

America put forth

the best-trained

and most motivated force

in its history.

While Saddam's legacy would

be death and destruction,

the images of Kuwait's

burning oil fields

would be Dante's Inferno

brought into the 21st century.

America

and its coalition partners

had turned Saddam's

mother of all battles

into a major tragedy

and disaster

for the Iraqi people.

As far as Saddam Hussein being

a great military strategist,

he is neither a strategist

nor is he schooled

in the operational arts

nor is he a tactician

nor is he a general

nor is he a soldier.

Other than that,

he's a great military man.

I want you to know that.

While some American forces

still remain in the Gulf region,

the hopes and prayers of a

daughter's letter to her father

are answered by the return

of the men and women

of Desert Storm

to their home land.

Operation:
Desert Storm

was to become Operation:

Welcome Home.

Among the first

to return were the POWs,

warmly welcomed by

Defense Secretary Dick Cheney

and General Colin Powell.

A wave of happiness and pride

spread throughout America

as thousands of soldiers

returned to their loved ones.

Operation:
Welcome Home

was to become

America's ultimate victory.

- Welcome home.

- Thank you very much!

Thank you for your help!

It's really good to see you!

Thank you.

Thank you!

I saw your picture

in the paper the other day.

Welcome home.

It's nice to be here.

Oh, man, nice to see you!

Thank you very much.

Thank you! Welcome back!

Nice to meet you.

Great, sir, thank you very much.

Thank you very much.

It's wonderful to be here.

Ready? Step.

How are you?

Glad to be here.

How are you doing, ma'am?

- Welcome home!

- Thank you!

Thank you, sir, good to be home.

- Welcome home.

- Thank you, ma'am.

Thank you.

- Welcome home.

- Thank you, sir.

Proud to be a part of this, sir.

We're happy that you're home.

Thank you, sir.

Welcome home.

Nice to meet you, ma'am.

Welcome home.

Thanks for getting us home.

Thanks.

They're looking for you.

Welcome home!

Welcome home!

Good to be back, sir.

Sir? Delightful

to meet you.

Welcome home!

Thank you very much, ma'am.

- Welcome home!

- Thank you, thank you.

Great to be back!

It's so good to see you.

Welcome home!

- Thank you.

- We prayed for you!

Thank you!

Pleasure to see you!

Thank you!

O'er the land of the free

And the home of the brave

For those of you

who are a little groggy

from last night's flight home,

welcome home.

We're delighted

to have you all back!

I can't tell you

how proud we are

- of each and every one of you.

- Yes, sir!

And to all our servicemen

all across this country,

we say "thank you. "

And to the veterans

of every conflict,

we say "thank you. "

And let's this new spirit

in our country

give proper recognition

to the Vietnam veterans;

their time has come.

Their return was

not to be a reminder

of the dark shadows of Vietnam,

but a national celebration

of joy and patriotism.

Operation:
Desert Storm

exercised the ghost

of Vietnam's era,

when America only honored

the valor and pain

of the POWs

of that tortured conflict.

Operation:
Welcome Home

brings forth

the poignant emotions

of the returning

World War II veterans.

As with Saddam,

America then faced an evil

presence in the Axis powers.

The returning heroes

of World War II

moved Americans to new heights

of happiness and patriotism.

I'm sad the place

that always calls to me

Sometimes I will sigh

Sometimes I'll just

sit and cry

But I know I'll be back

because you see

There's no place

like home

There's no place

like home

I played there as a kid

Like my father did

America's fighters returned

to the loving arms

of a proud nation,

determined to protect

freedom at home

and throughout the world.

When time has passed

I hope it lasts

Everything just

goes a little faster

Well,

I know that I've found

My sacred ground

And home will

never be surpassed

Home

Time cannot erase

Home

It's the warmest place

I take it with me everywhere

It's in my heart, forever

There is no place like home

There is no place like home

I played there like a kid

Like my father did

I know I'll be back

eventually

There's no place like home

There's no place like home

There's no place like home

There's no place like home

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