and USMC aircrew flying over Southeast Asia — the longest-running blood chit program in American military history
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The Korean War blood chit was issued to UN forces aircrew flying over the Korean peninsula from 1950 to 1953 — a conflict where downed pilots faced a complex survival environment spanning territory controlled by North Korean
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Persian Gulf Silk Blood Chit Feature_Removable Liner and USMC aircrew flying overThe Persian Gulf blood chit was issued to coalition aircrew during Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm (199091) the most linguistically comprehensive blood chit ever produced, printed in 13 languages to cover the diverse civilian populations of the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, and surrounding regions. The languages included Arabic in multiple dialects, Farsi, Kurdish, Turkish, and others a deliberate decision by planners who anticipated