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       

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                                      BRAVO COMPANY


                                         E,/4-BCAV






           B Company attacks east past PL Tangerine in a staggered column as left

        +lank security to TF 4-aCAV in a Movement to Contact. B Company's

        staggered column order is 2nd Platoon,H066, lst, 3rd, and HQ65. Alk.     are
                                                                               4-
        ba'ttlecarried with sabot, save SFC Acuna in B14, who has dl-cid      -1  to

        battlecarry HEAT.

           After hearing reports from the scouts, 2LT Carroll of 2nd Platoon

        (Br2l) identifies the same targets- a BRDM and a ZSU 23-4, as hot spots

        through his thermals at about 3000m. B Company stops to overmatch as C

        Company moves Ist Platoon up to engage the enemy. 2LT Carroll can see the

        BRDM and the ZSU 23-4 on fire from C Company's tank rounds through his

        thermals. As the task force begins movement again, 2LT Carroll finds

        himself tying in with 2nd platoon of C Company instead of the Ist Platoon,

        which is still ahead of the task force. After advancing 500m the task

        force starts to receive indirect air bursts along the entire front. B

        Company goes to open protected. The lst Platoon of C Company withdraws
        from :L@.s -Forward position through r, Comp@ny, @lang with C Company's
        attached engineer platoon. An engineer from one of the M113s stops next to
        B66 and tel    PT Peterson that "dismounts are coming" and he continues to

        the rear.
           As C Company's ist Platoon deploys back into formation, B Company-
        deploys on line with C Company to support. At 1729, 2LT Carroll watches an

        RPS pass to his front and over B24 to hit C12's CAL .50 mount, bcunce off

        the Mount towards the left sponson box and e:,.plade. Mortars/.irtillery

        continue to explode overhead, puncturing MRE boxes on B24. 2LT Car@all can

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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