During the Gulf War, Eagle Troop of the US 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment advanced through a blinding sandstorm and unexpectedly encountered an Iraqi Republican Guard formation near 73 Easting. Thermal ...

In February 1991, during the Gulf War, U.S. forces clashed with Iraq’s elite Republican Guard in what would become the last great tank battle of the 20th century. Named after a map coordinate, the ...