FLORENCE, S.C. — Maj. Robert Morgan of the U.S. Marine Corps was happy in Virginia Beach in August 1990.
Half a world away, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein ordered his troops to invade the tiny nation of Kuwait. Hussein’s troops, veterans of the Iran-Iraq war that ended in 1989, quickly rolled through Kuwait, sending panic in Jeddah, the capital of Saudi Arabia, and in Washington, D.C.
As a member of the Fourth Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Morgan was called to get to the office because of the invasion. Within a week, Morgan was aboard a ship headed for the Middle East.
