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Richard has spoken to many community
organizations such as local chapters of the Military Officers Association, the Daughters of the American Revolution, Marines
for Life, Marine Corps League and the Florida Retired Chief Petty Officers Association on many different subjects relating
to the current war in Iraq and Operation Desert Storm. He is a member in the Florida Writers Association and founder of The
Orlando Writers Guild.
In June of 2004, Richard was
awarded a research grant from the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation and was invited to the Marine Corps Historical Center to
research the events of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Richard maintains a vast collection of Gulf War documentation. He has compiled
over four hundred hours of audio recordings of his and other interviews as well as thousands of pages of documentation. Richard
S. Lowry is the author of Marines in the Garden of Eden: The True Story of Seven Bloody Days in Iraq; US Marine
in Iraq: Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003; and, The Gulf War Chronicles: A Military History of the First War with Iraq.
According to the book description of
The Gulf War Chronicles: A Military History of the First War
with Iraq, “Extensively researched, painstakingly
documented, and dedicated to the courageous men and women who fought and served in the First War with Iraq, this is a factual
military history of Operation Desert Storm-and the only readable and thorough chronicle of the entire war. From the first
night of battle to Day Two, when Saddam struck back, to G Day and the eventual cease-fire, accomplished military historian
Richard S. Lowry delivers a detailed, day-by-day account of each battle and every military encounter leading up to the liberation
of Kuwait. Desert Storm was a war of many firsts: America's first four-dimensional war; the first time in military history
that a submerged submarine attacked a land target; the Marine Corps' first combat air strikes from an amphibious assault ship;
the first time in the history of warfare that a soldier surrendered to a robot; and more. And it was an overwhelming victory
for the United States and its allies. Intentionally presented without political commentary and ending with a complete listing
of the heroic Americans killed in Desert Storm as well as a battle timeline, glossary, bibliography, and resources, The Gulf
War Chronicles provides a much-needed understanding of the nature of modern-day, high-tech warfare and honors America's collective
resolve and commitment to freedom.
One reader of The Gulf
War Chronicles: A Military History of the First War with Iraq said, “It is now over 13 years since Operation
Desert Storm began on January 16, 1991. Given the length of time that has passed, one startling fact is evident in the Desert-Storm
Community, there is no single work that provides an accurate day-by-day, hour-by-hour account of Operation Desert-Storm, from
the onset of hostilities until the cease-fire declared at Safwan (extensively covered in Ally to Adversary: An Eyewitness
Account of Iraq's Fall from Grace by Rick Francona), until now.Richard Lowry's The Gulf War Chronicles strives to fill this
void and to do so in detail, yet still provides a fast-paced read.”
According to the book description of
US Marine in Iraq: Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003, “Operation Iraqi Freedom officially began
on March 20, 2003 and has become one of the most controversial conflicts of modern warfare. Thousands of US Marines were deployed
into Iraq in order to topple the dictatorship government and liberate the Iraqi people. This book examines the experience
of those "ordinary" Marines who fought on the frontline of one of the major battles in the operation, the battle
for An Nasiriyah. This title details the Marines' enlistment, levels of training and life in the Iraqi desert, as well as
exploring their important role in the complex stabilization operations after their hard-won victories on the battlefield.
US Marine in Iraq: Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003 offers a fascinating insight into the modern Marine Corps.”
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