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                                                                 

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Unit: 3D AD       

Parent Organzation: VII  CORPS  






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         iation   and striking at deep targets       with..artillery and MLRS fire while

        the task'forr-e-rearms.and refuels in,preparation for a.night attack.
            By 2200 an order has been     iss@d to conduct a deliberate attack on the
        enem)i position. The task -Force will 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 attack continues over the next two              bounds as the

        continues to des    troy everything in its collective thermal sig
        the a                 @@il-.,the task force rearms and refuels to continue the

        fight
           .At                                                                 g  resistance

        on-
                                                                               ames forward

          o give up. Forty to fifty

        EPWs arL- call@ted.in   a      hour p@ad.

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File Room = jul96_declassified
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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