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  







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                        SG Jones of C12                  get       off of        his tank       and                                pr.6ne
                        on                      e t     rear       of C12.       He   raises hisi'li                             arrall

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                      at              adt       he
                 ann                         -t       signal; SSG-Jones               next-gets         u                     onto 2LT
                 r    eIs     t a fi k.@          -n  jumps.,-ciff :of::thL-       tank@and call                              -,tack.t
                 Jac                          thL

                 C12.
                      After the        RPO hit, mortar/artil4.ery,.fir.;e..cea                    es    in                       e
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                 At   about      1745, 2LT Carey                and      SFC C     .urry of        3rd Pi'a'.too@   @*s L,    35   "e' n e'm
                 soldiers      led by a possible officer                  in a brown uniform 1000M to the-comoan
                 left front. The soldiers are                      bunched together with hands rais'Ld o@erhead.
                 At about 400m SSG Graham of                       B33   opens his hatch and signals the enemy t
                 kneel. 2LT Carey calls for the                             ISG to pick up the prisoners. Minute
                 later, the ISS arrives with.the maintenance and medic M113. The-prisoner
                 are piled into the vehicles and sped back to the rear.
                      At 1755, CPT Peterson reports to his company that C Company an th
y is.to-cover their move. 2LT Carrol
                 drops to C Company's not and hears CPT Szabo telling his company t
                 withdraw 1000m. 4-18IN is still linked in on the left flank a+ B Company
                 As they 'withdraw, B Company can see C Company firing coax and 2 to
                 rounds of 120mm in the conter,.but cannot-idl-ntify what they're firing at
                 C Company stops after withdrawing 300m. CPT.Szabo throws-track@trying t
                 back up in.@.thL- middle of B Company. Ist-Platoon pulls:foi;ward to.cove
                 C66.     Imm@                                 throws,,t@..Ict                          ells-.B,C-6m@;any to@sto
                 fir                                                                                                        @b   Co m'@p'a'n
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                                                                   e          an     taken away'SSS'Jones; 2nd-Platoo

                 echelons      to the right to link in with C                      Company.

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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