From January 16 to February 28, 1991, those from Winchendon who liberated Kuwait included SSG Richard Bartlett, U.S. Army; PFC Derek J. Blair, U.S. Army; PFC Mattheu Blodgett, U.S. Marines; SGT Steven Courtemanche, U.S. Army; SSGT Joseph Diaz, U.S. Army; SGT Dana Fitzmaurice, U.S. Army; PFC Paul Grammont, U.S. Marines; CPL William Grubb, U.S. Army; SPC Robert J. Irvine, U.S. Army; PFC Frank Maine, U.S. Army; PFC Hector J. Michaud III, U.S. Army; 1ST LT Kristine D. Rice, U.S. Army; PFC Steven Saulnier, U.S. Army; CPL Michael J. Sevigny, U.S. Marines; CPL Steven Sheppard, U.S. Marines; SPC Laurence E. Thompson, Jr., U.S. Army; SSG Homer Vaillancourt, Jr., U.S. Army; BTI Steven Vaillancourt, U.S. Navy; and SPC Joseph B. Young, U.S. Army.