 Welcome to All Hands Update, this is your week in Navy History. January 24th, 1991, Desert Shield and Desert Storm Seal Platoons from USS Lefwich and USS Nicholas recapture the first Kuwaiti territory from the Iraqis. After three months, Iraq requests a ceasefire. In April, the ceasefire was formalized by the United Nations. January 25th, 1943, USS Shad encounters German blockade runners while transporting ore in the Bay of Biscay. Shad fired a torpedo at the runner Norfolk's, but the torpedo failed to explode and the Norfolk's returned to Spain. January 26th, 1913, John Paul Jones received his final funeral as he was put in his current resting place. John Paul Jones's remains now lay in a crypt that rests in the chapel of the Naval Academy. To find out more about naval history, visit the Naval History and Heritage Command website.