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Show 12 The Homefront Desert Defender Maj 1991 4 1 EliOndaz v " -.rr-i - - ., . 4, H rlv JT iP;:WV I Alt Tfft! UPI, Peter Giordano Top ixrnThe Defense Logistics Agency handled the large amount of donations that Americans were supplying to troops supporting Operations Desert ShieldStorm. Above: An early morning crowd of several thousand people poses next to the Cabrillo National Monument in San Diego, Calif., for a postcard photo for the troops. Left: Students from Bath Elementary School, Lima, Ohio, braved frigidtemperatures to celebrate Operation Desert Storm's success and support the troops. i t "hut a "nfiii UPI, Mike Wilkams fa Below: A woman signs the 60 Porsche of the Daytona 500 already filled with signatures of support for the multinational force in the Persian Gulf. upport on the homefront was overwhelming. People across America flew the flag and tied yellow ribbons seemingly everywhere. By the thousands, they wrote to service people they had never met Companies donated their wares to make life easier for people deployed to the Arabian desert. Families of deployed people also enjoyed unprecedented support. Regular briefings kept them up to date on their loved ones situations, and support networks provided help for any conceivable problem they might have encountered. Many military people did not deploy, but played vital Desert Storm roles at their home stations, often working 80 or more hours per week to make up for manning shortages or because the operation required extra work on their part From beginning to end, Americans believed in the cause and in the people who served. UPUameeLedford |