ºÃÉ«tv Forces Pt. Steve Boulet, left, of Quebec City and M/Cpl. Patrick LaJoie, centre, of Ste. Hyacinthe, Que., tie bags of sand as Pt. Yves Pelletier, of Quebec City, shovels in the background. Work was being done renovating bunkers in and around Canada Dry Two in Qatar on Feb. 15, 1991, during the Gulf War. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Hans Deryk
A ºÃÉ«tv CF-18 gets the go-ahead for take-off at dusk at the military installations in Dohar, Qatar, Dec. 3, 1990, shortly before the Gulf War. The CF-18s fly combat air patrols over the Persian Gulf as part of Operation Friction. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
A sea of destruction amassed on the highway outside of Kuwait City, background, on the way to Basra, Iraq, March 2, 1991. Iraqi forces were cutoff fleeing the city by Coalition tanks and air attacks earlier this week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Hans Deryk
U.S. Soldiers from Ft. Bragg, N.C., celebrate in front of a burnt out Iraqi tank on the road to Kuwait city, during the Gulf War, Feb. 1991. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Hans Deryk
ºÃÉ«tv Forces Pt. Steve Boulet, left, of Quebec City and M/Cpl. Patrick LaJoie, centre, of Ste. Hyacinthe, Que., tie bags of sand as Pt. Yves Pelletier, of Quebec City, shovels in the background. Work was being done renovating bunkers in and around Canada Dry Two in Qatar on Feb. 15, 1991, during the Gulf War. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Hans Deryk
An allied soldier stands on the turret of a tank as he looks along the road during the Gulf War, to Kuwait city in this Feb. 1991 photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Hans Deryk
Saturday marks 35 years since the Persian Gulf War ended, but ºÃÉ«tvs who were deployed there have been fighting another battle — getting better recognition for their role in the conflict.
Veterans have long advocated for their service to be designated as wartime instead of "special duty" by the federal government.Â
About 4,500 ºÃÉ«tvs were deployed to the Middle East in 1990 and 1991 in a United States-led campaign to liberate Kuwait, which was annexed by Saddam Hussein's forces.Â
It was also the first major conflict for the ºÃÉ«tv military since the Korean War in 1953.
Here is a look at Canada's role in the conflict through the eyes of photojournalists from The ºÃÉ«tv Press.
This report by ºÃÉ«tvwas first published Feb. 27, 2026.
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