Nearly One-Third of GIs Have Left Gulf
<i> Associated Press</i>
WASHINGTON —
Nearly one-third of the U.S. troops deployed to the Persian Gulf for Operation Desert Storm have left the region, a Pentagon spokesman said Tuesday.
About 167,000 troops have been sent back to their home bases, and 4,500 to 5,000 more are leaving daily, spokesman Bob Hall said. At the peak of the war, there were approximately 540,000 troops deployed to the Gulf.
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