Word: kuwaitis
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Dates: during 1961-1961
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...Faced by a no-show foe, the troopers concentrated on survival in the searing heat (120° in the shade) and blinding sandstorms. Cracked one bare-chested trooper: "To qualify as a royal marine, all you have to do is be able to drink 19 Cokes daily." British and Kuwaiti officers shuttled companionably between neon-bright Kuwait City and the front in Sheik-supplied Cadillacs and Chryslers. Declared Brigadier General Derek Horsford, Britain's infantry commander: "Wherever my troops have gone here, they have been clapped and cheered -including...