First American soldiers arrive in Saudi Arabia as part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War" id="mwAVs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a>.<sup about="#mwt215" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-41"}}' id="cite_ref-41" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_7#cite_note-41" id="mwAVw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 41;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAV0">[41]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-41"><cite about="#mwt212" class="citation web cs1" id="mwCD0"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080526135240/http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=45404" id="mwCD4" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"The Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm Timeline"</a>. Archived from <a class="external text" href="http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Aug2000/n08082000_20008088.html" id="mwCD8" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">the original</a> on 26 May 2008<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCEA">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCEE">30 June</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt212" class="Z3988" id="mwCEI" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=The+Operation+Desert+Shield%2FDesert+Storm+Timeline&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.defenselink.mil%2Fnews%2FAug2000%2Fn08082000_20008088.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAugust+7"></span></span>