Desert Storm

These pages are dedicated to my experiences with my brother Daron being deployed to Iraq with the Marine Corp Reserves.

On Friday January 4th, 1991, at approximately 2:00 p.m., while at work at Northgate Computers (where he was a Technician), Daron received a call from his Commanding Officer (Marine Wing Support Squadron - 471, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing) that stated: "You hereby are ordered to involuntary active duty for Presidential call up in support of Operation Desert Shield". (He had been on Alert for the previous 2 weeks). He asked for and received an immediate leave of absence, packed up his things and was gone from work within 2 hours.

I share with you the following 4 letters ** the links are on the top left of this page **. They were compiled by me, Jason, on the only system of the day to communicate with the troops - Prodigy.

They chronicle his and our experiences during the Gulf War and appear in the original format as they were created.