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File: aaaal_01.txtFM: 940 AREFG/CC/DO/PA TO: AFRES/DOX SUBJ: 9ECDEF PERSIAN GULF CONFLICT FINAL REPORT TO CONGRESS REF; AFRES/DO E-MAIL DID 28 AUG 91, SAME SUBJ 1. IN RESPONSE TO REF COMMUNIQUE, THE 940TH AIR REFUELNG GROUP, MATHER AFB SUBMITS THE FOLLOWING. VIGNITTES ILLUSTRATE INDIVID- VAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS HALLMARKED BY NOTEWORTHY DEGREE OF PERSIST- ENCE UNDER ADVERSE CIRCUMSTANCES. 2. INPUT IS FIXED DIRECTLY TO YOUR OFFICE IN ORDER TO HONOR SHORT SUSPENES. POC AT 940TH IS 1LT CENTRY, DAO, DSN 674- 2900/4476, 0630-1530 DAILY "MAZOR JOSEPH THORNTON, 936 CES/CC, ARRIVED IN JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA JUST EIGHT DAYS AFTER IRAQ'S INVASION OF KUWAIT. THE LARGE AND SUDDEN INFLUX OF AMERICANS AT JEDDAH RESULTED IN CHAOTIC ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH LOGISTICS SUPPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE HAD YET TO EVOLVE. UPON ATRXVAL, MAJ THOANTON VOLUNTEERED TO ASSIST THE-ARMY COPRPS OF ENGINEERS UNLOAD A SHIP DOCKED AD JEDDAH WHICH WAS FULL OF WAR RESERVE MATERIEL (WRM) VEHICLES AND EQUPMENT, MAJ THORN- TON WAS-THE ONLY INDIVIDUAL ON SCENE TO POSSESS THE EXPERTISE REQUIRED TO SAFELY UNLOAD THR SHIP, WHICH CARRIED TRUCKS, K- LOADERS, FUEL TRUCKS, ALL TERRAINE FORKLIFTS AND OTHER MOTOR VEHICLES CRITICAL TO THE WARTIME BUILDUP. MAJ THORNTON DIRECTED THE ENTIRE OPERATION, SUPERVISING SHIP'S CREW, ARMY PEROSNNEL, AND DOCKS WORKERS TO COMPLETE THE MISSION. AS VEHICLES WERE UNLOADED, HE SUPERVISED THEIR INSPECT- TION, SERVICING AND CONVOYING TO ENSURE THEY ARRIVED AT THEIR DESTINATIONS READY FOR SERVICE. TO COMPLETE THE MISSION, MAJ THORNTON OFTEN WORKED 3 TO 4 DAY SHIFTS WITHOUT REST, UNTIL THE SHIP WAS COMPLETELY UNLOADED AND VEHICLES HAD REACHED THEIR OPERATING LOCATIONS. CMSGT DONALD STEGGAL, 940TH CES STRUCTURAL SUPERINTDENT, ARRIVED IN JEDDAH SAUDI ARABIA JUST EIGHT DAYS AGTER IRAQ'S INVASION OF KUWAIT. THE LARGE AND SUDDEN INFLUX OF AMERICANS AT JEDDAH RESULTED IN A CHAOTIC ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH LOGISTICS SUPPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE HAD YET TO EVOLVE. OF PRIMARY IMPROTANCE WAS PROCURING SAFE, SECURE AND ADE- QUATE BILLETING FOR THE RESERVE, GUARD AND ACTIVE DUTY MEMBERS POURING INTO JEDDAH. THE THOSE FIRST CRITICAL WEEKS, INCOMING PERSONNEL WERE BILLETING IN LOCAL HOTELS, WHICH LACKED THE SECU-
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