Welcome back to Combat Threads. This week is the last installment of my research on Gulf War T-shirt with a look at the media response to the designs. Next I will be moving away from the Gulf War. I have a few ideas for the next few newsletters, but I want to hear from you. Do you have any ideas or questions? let me know!
I lived in Bahrain during the Gulf War and remember these tees - maybe not the exact ones, but the concept. You could easily pick them up from street vendors in the Souq who, in time, learnt to put on American accents to try and connect. I was young at the time - around 9 or 10 and we were evacuated back 'home' to the UK. Some years later, when I was back visiting on holiday, I picked up a pack of playing cards that had been handed out to the US marines. Each card had a different 'bad guy' pictured on it with Saddam as the Ace of Spades. Just another sign of the gamification of that specific war I guess. Really interesting articles Charles - thanks for sharing your knowledge and insight!
Vol. 02 No. 04
I lived in Bahrain during the Gulf War and remember these tees - maybe not the exact ones, but the concept. You could easily pick them up from street vendors in the Souq who, in time, learnt to put on American accents to try and connect. I was young at the time - around 9 or 10 and we were evacuated back 'home' to the UK. Some years later, when I was back visiting on holiday, I picked up a pack of playing cards that had been handed out to the US marines. Each card had a different 'bad guy' pictured on it with Saddam as the Ace of Spades. Just another sign of the gamification of that specific war I guess. Really interesting articles Charles - thanks for sharing your knowledge and insight!