The First Division Museum at Cantigny Park resumes its Date with History series at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 2, with a presentation by Colonel (Retired) L. Scott Lingamfelter. He will share stories and insights from his 2020 book, “Desert Redleg: Artillery Warfare in the First Gulf War.”
The free lecture will take place in person at the Cantigny Park Visitors Center and online. For those at Cantigny, copies of “Desert Redleg” will be available for purchase and signing by the author. Online viewers should register at FDMuseum.org to receive a Zoom link.
When Saddam Hussein’s Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990, to trigger the First Gulf War, a coalition of 35 countries, led by the United States, responded with Operation Desert Storm, culminating in a 100-hour coordinated air strike and ground assault that repelled Iraqi forces from Kuwait. But it took an eight-day barrage of artillery fire to make the rapid offensive possible. At the forefront were the brave field artillerymen known as “redlegs,” who supported the 1st Infantry Division’s initial assault.
—First Division Museum at Cantigny Park