On This Day: U.S. Coalition begins ground campaign in Kuwait On Feb. 24, 1991, after weeks of airstrikes, U.S.-led coalition forces began a ground campaign into Kuwait and southern Iraq as part of the Gulf War. By (0) Marines from Company D, 2nd Tank Battalion, drive their M-60A1 main battle tank over a sand berm on Hill 231 on February 24, 1991, while rehearsing their role as part of the ground campaign in Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm. The tank is fitted with reactive armor and an M-9 bulldozer kit. File Photo by SSgt. M.D. Masters/U.S. Department of Defense