The successful identification of a route through Iraqi defensive minefields by a small reconnaissance team was a key factor in allowing U.S. forces to enter Kuwait and end the war.

“It was like a 15 click movement patrol on foot we went up on foot we carried rucksacks or probably weighed about a hundred pounds burlap we were going to go up on the first defensive belt recon it find the hole that this daisy cutter made and then go ahead and mark it”