Al-Aujan Compound (1990-1991) (Khobar City)

Saudi Arabia / as-Sarqiyah / azh-Zhahran / Khobar City
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This was the site on the evening of February 25, 1991, where an Iraqi scud missile plunged into a "barracks/warehouse" used to house U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 475th Quartermaster Group in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. As a consequence of this scud attack, 28 soldiers died, 110 were hospitalized, and 150 experienced minor physical injuries and/or subsequent mental health problems. This one scud's impact accounted for more than onethird of all IT.S. soldiers killed during the war. The roof of the adjacent warehouse still shows the damage from the blast.
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Coordinates:   26°19'32"N   50°10'51"E

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