Corporal John Kelly on life in Kuwait desert

Title

Corporal John Kelly on life in Kuwait desert

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:33

Description

Interview (from Kuwait) with Corporal John Kelly from Streatham, South London, on duty with the Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars, and gunner of The Warrior vehicle. He talks about day-to-day life, doing exercises and getting acclimatised to the region before seeing action in the desert. He says morale is very high at the moment. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

John Kelly

Keywords

Middle East; Weather; British; Climate; Army; Soldiers; Wars (events); Kuwait; Gulf War (1990-1991); Tanks; Desert warfare; John Kelly

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