3AD HISTORY OF OPERATION DESERT STORM AND SPEAR

File: 081996_jul96_decls1_0126.txt
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Total Pages: 269

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  






                                                  sabot rotind -iram t)aninr Bo6 ar riot B13orti A-
           SSG San -jose on        812  i 1,- es
                  SSG Arnold       on          @ires saoot at a burkzr and SFC Rivera. on e,-..
           Well-
           fires   s,@tot  at   a    !3Mp  -kt @,,@00m and -riisses. SSG ril!l on         @t.-es at ',-a
                                                                  throltgn thermals and are Darc-iy
           Same BMP and hi.   .ts it. Ai! targets are       cool
                                   Tolbert,     the Company       Executive Offic:c?r,       orders the
           identifiable.     ILT
           company to     stop 4iring at cool vehicles not traversing in order to
           conserver a.mm..'uni@i:o'nf .-.for' futEir6 ope)-atiotTs;ggainst the    Republican. Guards.
                Dar.r-o. I           -coz,'l At 2, dismounts 300m to     tne front but is unable @s
           2LT
           i i nd ooo i es  or   @olthded  the hext ibarninc. SSG 6
                                                                         rahem           +.;.res 'AL
           and coz@x to destroy a cool BMP at 100m                guided oy    tnermals. SSG      Vasouez
           @ires coa:: at 2 -unrinz troops at 1000m while lLT Carroll reengages --
           destroyeid BMP with CAL .50 guided by thermals in an unsuccessful attempt

           to flush out dismounts.
               2LT Carroll's CAL .50 engagement ends contact +or B Company for tne
           night. in executing his fireplar. -For a hasty defense as the attaci,, stops
           --LT   Carroll   identifies      "mounas +or firing limits" to         nis platocn.
           morning,     at  sunrise,     ;:,Jose  "mounds"     turn    Out   to   be @,.-ioccuoic-a
           TtiroLtgh  Thermals,      bunvers were seen         only    as black   Moles thrcugll
           dismounts ap5)earec and disappeared. These proved to                   be tne entrarces zc

--i trie frorni@g @.g,-ir.
                At first daylight El Comoany receives word 4rcm tne ':aSK f--r--B tMa-:
           elle.ml/ vepi,,cles are appearing on the ridge to their front. 2LT Beci o- Bil
           destroys a' M@- with sabot @t 2"40m. 2LT Carey on 831 destroys one wit.-.
           sabot at 2520m. CPT Peterson fires 2 rounds of sabot at a BMP movina south
           at 2260m, overlining on the first shot but destroying it on the second.
           All vehicles were destroyed with the daylight sight-GPS.

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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