Document 30-6: Najlah Feanny-Hicks, Over Two Million People Watched Troops March in the Operation Welcome Home Ticker Tape Parade (1991)

America Reacts to Gulf War Victory

NAJLAH FEANNY-HICKS, Over Two Million People Watched Troops March in the Operation Welcome Home Ticker Tape Parade (1991)

When Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein invaded neighboring Kuwait in August 1990, President George H. W. Bush rallied an international coalition to turn back the invasion, culminating in a decisive victory within days of the ground assault against Iraqi forces. Covered live on television, this quick war appeared to be a complete American victory and a psychological boost to a nation still struggling to forget its loss in Vietnam less than two decades earlier. Returning troops were welcomed home by countless celebrations, including this June 1991 parade down New York City’s Broadway.

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Source: Najlah Feanny-Hicks, “Over Two Million People Watched Troops March in the Operation Welcome Home Ticker Tape Parade” (1991), © Corbis.

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