Fried Chicken and Desert Storm:
So, when Desert Shield became Desert Storm my unit was about 40 minutes north of Kobar, Saudi Arabia. When it became Desert Storm on January 16th, 1991, we moved North and set up shop 30 miles south of Iraq. We were just off a rwo lane highway.
One day 3 Saudi guys pulled up across the highway in a Toyota P/U truck loaded with lumber. The unloaded the lumber. Two guys started banging away. One guy left. The other two guys kept banging away. I'm was like 'What are they doing'? I mean, they could have been building a 'Base'.
48 hours later I found out what they were doing. I was inside that 'building' standing in line ordering FRIED CHICKEN!!! That was some great fried chicken. The Saudis figured out US TROOPS LIKE FRIED CHICKEN!!!
Too bad they didn't have STEAK AND LOBSTER!!! Still, Fried Chicken is better than T-Rations or MREs ... However, when you are OUT THERE something is better than nothing.
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