More than 35 years after Desert Storm and Desert Shield, veterans gathered in Washington, D.C., and Colorado Springs on Saturday morning for the dedication of a new memorial on the National Mall.
The memorial, 16 years in the making, stands near the Lincoln Memorial and Vietnam Veterans Memorial to honor the nearly 400 Americans who died in the conflict and about 700,000 who served in it.
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For members of the El Paso County Progressive Veterans who gathered to watch the livestreamed ceremony, it’s an important permanent and prominent reminder of the war that freed Kuwait from Iraqi occupation.
“It’s a part of history and it feels like sometimes it’s forgotten,” said Deborah Trone, who deployed to the war from Fort Carson with the 10th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.…
