Engineers in Gulf War

Title

Engineers in Gulf War

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:03:58

Description

An unidentified male reporter joins the 21 Engineer Regiment as they fire mines into Iraqi territory to prepare for the deployment of ground troops and discusses the work the engineers may do after the end of the war including improving water supply and building camps and clearing Iraqi minefelds. With comment from RSM Steve Reardon(?) and commander of the regiment Lieutenant-Colonel John Moore-Bick.

Contributors

Steve Reardon(?); John Moore-Bick

Keywords

Engineers; Diplomacy; Peacebuilding; Falklands War (1982); Wars (events); Kuwait; Iraq; Chemical weapons; Gulf War (1990-1991); Saddam Hussein; Land mines; Artillery

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