William E. Beswick letter, 18 December 1990.

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William E. Beswick letter, 18 December 1990.

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Letter from William E. Beswick, age 27, stationed in Saudi Arabia, to Shawn Tabor of Louisville, Kentucky during Operation Desert Shield. Beswick of Scottsburg, Indiana performed computer maintenance in the Air Force and served in a mobility unit based out of Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina. Beswick briefly describes his duties, his quarters, and his impressions of the ongoing conflict. He writes that his "greatest fear is of a terrorist not the Iraqi soldier." He also notes that "we are underestimating these people" and that "the leaders take them for stupid backwoods war mongrels."

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