24TH MECH INF DIV OPERATION DESERT STORM AFTER ACTION REPORT

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Subject: 24TH MECH INF DIV OPERATION DESERT STORM AFTER ACTION REPORT    

Box  ID: BX001437

Document Number:          2

Folder Title: 24 MECH INF DIV AFTER ACTION REPORT                                                             

Folder Seq #:        785

Unit: 24TH ID     

Parent Organzation: XVIII CORPS 







                      ,/RAPID CONSOLIDATION AND REFUEL OPERATIONS ON JALIBAH
                       AIR BASE FOLLOWED BY IMMEDIATE TRANSITION TO CONTINUE THE
                                               H. DSA #5 ESTABLISHED TO SUPPORT
                       ATTACK EAST TOWARB BASRA
                       OPERATION
                      ,/(271300 FEB) DIV ATTACKED WITH 1ST BDE ON THE LEFT (NORTH)
                       FLANK, 2ND BDE FOLLOWED IN THE CENTER, AND 3RD ACR (OPCON)
                       IN THE RIGHT (SOUTH) FLANK. ATTACK ORIENTED ALONG HIGHWAY
                       8 (MAIN ENEMY LINE OF COMMUNICATION). REACHED PL AXE BY
                       271706 FEB
                      1/2-4 CAV ATTACKED FROM AO SABER AND OCCUPIED TACTICAL
                       ASSEMBLY AREA BEHIND 13T BDE (NORTHERN ZONE) AT 271400 FEB
                      ,/197TH BDE ATTACKED FROM TALLIL AIR BASE AND OCCUPIED
                       TACTICAL ASSEMBLY AREA BEHIND 2ND BDF- (CENTER ZONE) AT
                       272200 FEB
                      ,/MASSIVE ARTILLERY PREPATORY FIRES FROM 271800 - 280530 FEB
                       BY 9 1/3 U.S. ARTILLERY BATTALIONS (DIVARTY, 212TH FA BDE,
                       18TH FA BDE) AND 24TH ID(M) AH-64 APACHE BATTALION. FORCED
                       HAMMURABI DIVISION TO WITHDRAW
                      ,/ATTACKS RESULTED IN SYSTEMATIC EVAPORATION OF RGFC
                       DIVISIONS. MAJORITY OF RGFC TRUCKS AND ARMORED VEHICLES
                       DESTROYED ALONG WITH (6) ARTILLERY BATTALIONS
                      ,/ATTACK ZONE PROBABLE IRAQI THEATER LOGISTICS SITE. LARGE
                       MUNITIONS COMPLEX SEIZED (OVER 1,300 BUNKERS OF ARTILLERY,
                       500-1,000 LB AIR FORCE BOMBS, AND OTHER MUNITIONS)

        SLIDE #8A
        9 APR 91
         ATTACK TO  BASRAH
                                                                FIRST TO FIGHT

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File Room = jun96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-22
Box ID = BX001437
Unit = 24TH ID
Parent Organization = XVIII CORPS
Folder Title = 24 MECH INF DIV AFTER ACTION REPORT
Folder Seq # = 785
Subject = 24TH MECH INF DIV OPERATION DESERT STORM AFTER A
Document Seq # = 50
Document Date =
Scan Date = 12-JUN-1996
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 02-AUG-1996