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The US patrolled the Persian Gulf during the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988). The only US casualties were when an Iraqi jet fired a missile and struck the USS Stark killing approximately 30 US Sailors.

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The first Persian Gulf War saw the US in the Middle East fighting against Iraq. The US entered because of the threat to Kuwait from Iraq.

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Which one? The US participated in at least three of them.

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Which gulf war? There were three of them.

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