Kevin Roy Lee |
![Image of Kevin Roy Lee](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090114132623im_/http://lcweb2.loc.gov/natlib/afc2001001/service/05902/ph0001001i.jpg)
Kevin Lee, 2003 [detail] | Persian Gulf War, 1990-1995
Army
212th Transportation Company, 6th Transportation Battalion
Saudi Arabia; Kuwait; Iraq
Major
Bethesda, MD
![View Full Description](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090114132623im_/http://lcweb2.loc.gov/natlib/afc2001001/vhp-stories/web/images/view-fulldescription.gif) |
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090114132623im_/http://lcweb2.loc.gov/natlib/afc2001001/vhp-stories/web/images/ex-war-card-bottom.gif) |
Kevin Lees budding career as a teacher and wrestling coach was interrupted in November 1990, when his Army reserve unit for called up to serve in the Persian Gulf. While Lee was wrangling trucks and heavy equipment in the desert, his wife, who taught at the same school, took over his coaching duties, becoming the first female wrestling coach in Tennessee. Lee was buoyed by the support of his community when he and his men left for and returned from the Middle East. Even though he would leave the reserves to devote more time to his teaching, he was tempted to join his old unit when they were mobilized in 2003 to serve in Iraq.
|
|