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- GRAPEVINE, Page 17A Burst of Firsts
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- By GUY GARCIA/Reported by Sidney Urquhart
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- American troops faced chemical weapons once before -- in
- World War I. They fought in the desert in North Africa during
- World War II. They took part in an international military
- coalition in the Korean War. Their battles dominated TV screens
- during the Vietnam War. But the gulf war marks the first time
- that . . .
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- -- U.S. troops have been deployed to defend Israel. American
- crews are manning Patriot antimissile batteries.
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- -- A massive oil spill was used as a military weapon.
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- -- The U.N. has voted to enforce sanctions with military
- action.
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- -- The Bob Hope Christmas Show was subjected to prior
- censorship. In deference to Saudi Muslim sensibilities, the
- Pentagon banned the Pointer Sisters and Marie Osmond from
- performing for the troops in Saudi Arabia.
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- -- The former World War II Allies (the U.S., Britain, France
- and the Soviet Union) and Axis powers (Germany, Italy and
- Japan) have been part of the same alliance.
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- -- Egyptians will fight on opposing sides. The coalition has
- 36,000 Egyptian troops, and the Iraqi army contains many
- Egyptian guest workers who were pressed into service.
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- -- One missile has intercepted and destroyed another in
- combat, when a Patriot downed a Scud.
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- -- A female American soldier has been listed as missing in
- action.
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- -- CBS debated whether to identify Walter Cronkite, who has
- not been onscreen much lately, before putting him on the air.
- In the end, the network decided that the avuncular Cronkite mug
- would be sufficient ID.
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