The Gulf War

British troops guard captured Iraqi armor and weapons in the Kuwaiti desert.

Aerial view of burning oil wells in the Al Ahmadi field near Kuwait City

U.S. Oil Well firefighters from Boots and Coots of Texas extinguish their first oil well fire in Al Ahmadi, Kuwait

U.S. troops distribute food, water, and medicine, at an Iraqi refugee camp near Safwan, Iraq.

U.S. Oil Well firefighters from Boots and Coots of Texas extinguish their first oil well fire in Al Ahmadi, Kuwait. A Kuwaiti official turns away.

U.S. Troops on a mechanized march from Kuwait into Iraq with M1A1 Abrams tanks, M3 Bradley Fighting Vehicles, APCs, and other vehicles leave the burning oil fields into the Wadi Al-Bateen.

Al Ahmadi oilfields where wells set on fire by retreating Iraqi troops burn out of control. A dead Iraqi tank. The skies are black wit soot.

French troops de-mine the beach at Kuwait City after its liberaqtion from Iraq.

U.S. Oil Well firefighters from Boots and Coots of Texas extinguish their first oil well fire in Al Ahmadi, Kuwait

U.S. Troops on a mechanized march from Kuwait into Iraq with M1A1 Abrams tanks, M3 Bradley Fighting Vehicles, APCs, and other vehicles leave the burning oil fields into the Wadi Al-Bateen.

U.S. Oil Well firefighters from Boots and Coots of Texas extinguish their first oil well fire in Al Ahmadi, Kuwait

The &amp;quotHighway of Death&quot; outside of Kuwait City where fleeing Iraqi troops were cut down by U.S. airpower.

U.S. Troops on a mechanized march from Kuwait into Iraq with M1A1 Abrams tanks, M3 Bradley Fighting Vehicles, APCs, and other vehicles leave the burning oil fields into the Wadi Al-Bateen.

Al Ahmadi oilfields where wells set on fire by retreating Iraqi troops burn out of control. Michael Bailey takes samples for environmental testing. The skies are black wit soot.