Soldiers who fought in Operation Desert Storm look back 30 years later
Soldiers who fought in Operation Desert Storm look back 30 years later By Caroline Coleburn | February 17, 2021 at 7:24 PM EST - Updated February 17 at 10:42 PM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - It’s been nearly thirty years since Operation Desert Storm ended on February 28th, 1991. More than 900,000 U.S. troops fought on the ground and in the air for six months to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait, which they had invaded months earlier.
Some of the men and women who put their lives on the line during the war are still serving our country today. Gerald and Angela Fambro met in training right before being deployed to Kuwait.
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Feb 17, 2021 6:25 PM EST
COLUMBIA (WOLO): It’s been 3 decades since thousands of american troops deployed to Iraq as part of Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield. Some of those soldiers live right here at home as part of U.S. Army Central at Shaw Air Force Base.
100 hours that shaped their last 30 years. Angela and Gerald Fambro’s love story began like many others.
“I kept making jokes, picking with her, laughing, and we developed a friendship from then on,” explained Gerald Fambro on how they met.
Through deployment, and then Operation Desert Storm, Angela said, “it was comforting to know that I was deploying with my best friend here.”
Dorothy Eileen (Strang) Rogers
Dorothy Eileen (Strang) Rogers died Sunday, December 27 at Maple Lawn Medical Care Facility in Coldwater.
She was born March 23,1918 the first child of Lula (Thompson) and Irvin Strang on a farm in Quincy Township. After graduation in 1936 from Quincy High School she married Junior Rogers. Together they had two sons, Lawrence and James, and eventually settled on a portion of her familyâs farm to raise their family.
Dorothy was a great farm wife and learned to drive a tractor at a young age. Those skills served her well as she drove her car until she was 101 years old and always reminded her family that she never even had a ticket. She was an excellent cook and her pies were legendary.