Scripts courtesy of  Website Abstraction

North Korean monument photo courtesy of
http://www.traveladventures.org/

 

Then and Now,

Korea to Kuwait

 

As of today March 9, 2003, it would seem that

War with Iraq and possibly even North Korea

is on the minds of many people all over the world.

With so many young men now going off to face conflict,

many away from home for the first time,

I have chosen to introduce this new page, in the hopes that

any of you out there who wish, may write to ask questions

or just talk to someone who has been there before.

 

These web sites will provide you with
current information about
the War with Iraq:

ABC News Home:
ABC: The War in Real Time
ABC: War and Weather

Air Force Weather:
Look for satellite images of the Middle East

US Naval Observatory:
How phases of the Moon affect war

A 15 day weather forecast for:
Baghdad, Iraq

the constant dust storms:
NOAA - Dust Storms
Dust over the Middle East

 

while my ship was in Korea, we worked

with and transported Seabee units

to various locations:

The Seabees

 

A look back at some pretty awful

statistics during my service in the Navy:

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq82-4.htm

 

These statistics are prior to my service time :

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq82-1.htm

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq82-2.htm

 

The CIA web site will provide you with a brief

introduction to many countries around the world:

CIA - The World Factbook 2002

 

 

About Kuwait

 

U.S. Marine Corp Pfc. Aaron Clark, Motor Transportation Operator with the 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Force Services Support Group (FSSG) from Camp Lejeune, N.C., pulls the rope of a Chemical Biological Protective Shelter (CBPS).

US Navy photo - Burris
Camp Coyote, Kuwait

 

From left, British mine countermeasures ship HMS Sandown (M 110) and U.S. Navy mine countermeasures ship USS Ardent (MCM 12) stand together in the waters of the North Arabian Sea

US Navy photo - Krypel
Camp Patriot, Kuwait

 

Kuwait Information Office - USA

 

A few of the facts about Kuwait

 

Read the news from Kuwait

 

Pictures of some of our troops

 

Maps of Kuwait from the Perry - Castañeda Library

 

 

About North Korea

 

North Korea: A rare glimpse

 

Korea and Human Rights; an oxymoron

 

An Asia Times article:

North Korea's Gravy Train; send medicine not food

 

As for specifics on North Korea:

North Korean Special Weapons Facilities

 

NTI: A discussion of their weapon arsenal

North Korean Overview

 

From Space Daily:

An article about Weapons Testing

   

 

You can write to me at:

vlvermillion@earthlink.net

 

 

              

         

         

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