[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 36 (Thursday, February 25, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E167]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  HONORING THE SACRIFICE OF THE 14TH QUARTERMASTER DETACHMENT DURING 
                         OPERATION DESERT STORM

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                         HON. GUY RESCHENTHALER

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, February 25, 2021

  Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize the 
extraordinary service and sacrifice of the 14th Quartermaster 
Detachment of the United Slates Army Reserve during Operation Desert 
Storm. Thirty years ago, on February 25, 1991, an Iraqi-launched SCUD 
missile killed 28 soldiers and wounded 99 others. The 14th 
Quartermaster Detachment, based in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, lost 13 
soldiers and 43 others were wounded, the greatest number of casualties 
of any allied unit during the conflict.
  In January of 1991, these citizen soldiers from southwestern 
Pennsylvania deployed overseas and put their civilian lives on hold to 
defend Kuwait and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from Saddam Hussein's 
aggression. Following intense training, the 14th Quartermaster was 
selected for the critical task of supplying clean water for coalition 
forces in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. On February 19, 1991, the detachment 
arrived in Dhahran, and six days later, 28 of these brave Americans 
lost their lives, and many others suffered injuries that changed their 
lives forever. This attack was the deadliest assault on American 
servicemembers during Operation Desert Storm. Just one in four members 
of the 14th Quartermaster emerged without mortal or physical wounds 
from the attack.
  Madam Speaker, the brave men and women of the 14th Quartermaster 
Detachment of the United States Army Reserve are truly exemplary 
Americans. Thirty years later, the legacy of their extraordinary 
service lives on in Pennsylvania and across our nation. We can never 
repay the debt we owe these servicemembers and their families, but we 
must ensure their sacrifice is never forgotten.

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