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Planners break ground for new Gulf War memorial in DC

Scott C. Stump, left, President of the National Desert Storm Memorial Association, Salem Abdullah, third from left, Kuwait ambassador to the United States, Gulf War veterans, and invitees participate in a groundbreaking ceremony for the new National Desert Storm and Desert Storm Memorial Thursday, July 14, 2022 on the National Mall in Washington. The new memorial will honor those who served on active duty in support of Operation Desert Storm or Operation Desert Shield. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe) Scott C. Stump, far left, President of the National Desert Storm Memorial Association, Salem Abdullah, Kuwait ambassador to the United States, third from left, Gulf War veterans, and invitees participate in a groundbreaking ceremony for the new National Desert Storm and Desert Storm Memorial Thursday, July 14, 2022, on the National Mall in Washington. The new memorial will honor those who served on active duty in support of Operation Desert Storm or Operation Desert Shield. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)