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Operation Red Dawn

United States of America · Warfare / Gulf War, second. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

2003

George Walker Bush13 December 2003

Warfare / Gulf War, second

James Hickey of the 4th Infantry Division, with joint operations Task Force 121 with an elite and covert joint special operations team.

George Walker Bush13 December 2003

Warfare / Gulf War, second

Operation Red Dawn was an American military operation conducted on 13 December 2003 in the town of ad-Dawr, Iraq, near Tikrit, that led to the capture of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein

George Walker Bush13 December 2003

Warfare / Gulf War, second

Saddam Hussein was captured by the US Army's 4th Infantry Division and members of Task Force 121 during Operation Red Dawn.

George Walker Bush13 December 2003

Warfare / Gulf War, second

The mission was assigned to the first Brigade Combat Team of the 4th Infantry Division, commanded by Maj. Gen. Raymond Odierno and led by Col.

Names involved

George Walker Bush

Provenance

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