3AD HISTORY OF OPERATION DESERT STORM AND SPEAR

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Subject: 3AD HISTORY OF OPERATION DESERT STORM AND SPEAR                 

Box  ID: BX001301

Document Number:          3

Folder Title: OPORDS AND  COMMAND AND CONTROL                                                                 

Folder Seq #:          4

Unit: 3D AD       

Parent Organzation: VII  CORPS  






                               fi3rce,.,.,@;uqs it ciut.      use nq. @i r                               e
                                                                           _ect +ire    for   .90 minut sg then

              hdraws                  ssed artillery.           ..Ih-telligence collected +romiprisoners

            dicates                          40 enemy           nks arE4 qug..in 3:.kilc3n          @si-,,from.-this

            +antry position.,The            Br-igade..Comn
                                                                      dev@ps-the!si-t4fktion),uding Army

             iation and striking             at deep targets with.artillery and MLRS -Fire while

          the task-force-rearms.and refuels in.preparaltion for a.night attack.

                By 2200 an order has been issuect to conduct a deliberate attack on the

          enemy' position. The task force                 wil.1 bound forward        with one platoon while

          the rest of the task force overwatches. Then the center Tank Company will

          bound up even with the platoon followed by the rest of the task force.

          Each of these three phase bounds will be preceded by an artillery prep.

                The first bound goes well, except for a navigational error which

          requires       a turning movement over the next bounds. MIAI tanks are

          destroying enemy vehicles and engaging dismounts with amazing accuracy and

          devastating effect- past maximum ranges of the weapon systems.

                The 'artillery prep that precedes the second bound is fired with

          catastrophic effects. Short round -of DPICM impact an the task force

          killing SGT Dillon, a Fire Support NCO.

                The attack continues over the next two bounds as the

          continues to destroy everything in its collective thermal sig

          the attack                  @@d-,the task force rearms and refuels to continue the

          fight

A@                                                                thL- '@.i!(n@ininq   resistance

          on-ti                                                                      op@.Te'am-comes forward
          ani".                                                                     give up.     Forty to fifty

          EPW% ar'L'- caLl@ted.in.      -i        hour period.

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File Room = jul96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-28
Box ID = BX001301
Unit = 3D AD
Parent Organization = VII CORPS
Folder Title = OPORDS AND COMMAND AND CONTROL
Folder Seq # = 4
Subject = 3AD HISTORY OF OPERATION DESERT STORM AND SPEAR
Document Seq # = 1
Document Date =
Scan Date = 18-JUL-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 = 16-AUG-1996