Air Force veteran Dale Storr, who was detained and tortured by Iraqi forces for a month during the Persian Gulf War, said on Saturday he had never lost hope of returning home.
“It was hard. It was always hard to think about the future because it was so uncertain. It was a lot easier to think about the past,” Storr told the fee and friends on the 30th anniversary of his release.
The war between 1990 and 91 against Iraq was waged by a coalition of forces from 35 countries led by the United States. The coalition was formed in response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait over a dispute over oil prices and production.
“It’s one thing we all really believed in … that our country was going to get us home and that President Bush was not going to leave us there in prison. I knew he would find a way to get us on the one somehow to get home, “he said.
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Storr said the war “brought the country together” and also “gave the military a lot of confidence in the capabilities they had.”
“I think it has really united the country behind a common cause,” the veteran said.
“Not everyone will agree with the war, but I think they were really behind the army, unlike Vietnam … My father served in Vietnam. But it was very nice to see the country come together and on the army. and focus on the service. members. “
The Associated Press contributed to this report.