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  







                had but through the l@aq-, 48th and 25th Infantry Divisions. The lst Armored
                Division on our left was about 8 kilometers ahead of us. The Marines in the
                east were still moving north and had taken over 5000 prisoners. The Arabs had
                taken over 5000 prisoners. Resistance was light across the entire front.

                    The enemy did not have much reaction. They did some repositioning but
                their orientation seemed to be toward the Wadi Al Ratin. The Tawalalna
                Division was reported to be uncovering their tanks; they had been buried.up to
                their turrets. One brigade from the Madinah Armored Division started moving
                East. The Iraqis had used no chemical munitions. Enemy prisoner of war
                interogations later determined chemical munitions were not issued below corps
                level in at least the Iraqi VII Corps. U.S. VII Corps bypassed the Iraqi VII
                Corps to the west.

                    At 0007 hours on 25 February our radar detected its first round. Section 2
                (AN/TPQ-36), Battery F, 333d Field Artillery joined us in TAA Henry. We
                attac!ied then to Battery C for support. They moved with Battery C and Task
                Force 4-e in  the '-ad wedge. They were to emplace and radiate in an azimuth
                specified  by the S2 whenever Battery C emplaced. They too had practiced their
                battle drill  in TAA Henry. The weapon location determined from that first
                round placed  it in the vicinity of the lst Infantry Division zone. So as not
                to fire on a  possib'e friendly mortar, S2 sent the location up through the
                Brigade Fire  Support Element. It's not known if anyone in Ist Infantry
                Division, took action on the information.

                    As dawn broke on 25 February, G2 had made a new assessment. About 100
ters to our northeast a heavy brigade, the 9th Armored Brigade, Tawakalra
                Division, was moving west on the southern portion of our final objective. T,;o
                armor brigades out of the Iraqi 12th Armored Division were alerted +or
                clc-/ement. The Division Artillery Commander for the 26th Infantry Divisio@ was
                captured. We were, ,t that time, occu    'Dying territory formerly belonging to the
                26th Division. He said 32 of the Division's 52 Artillery pieces were
                destroyed. 0-2 reported many moving target indicators far "a our north and
                northeast. The enemy had started to react.

                    The Brigade began moving again at 0551 hours on 25 February. At 0900 hours
                we started taking our first prisoners. Throughout the morning and into the
                afternoon we continued to roll forward and take prisoners. We stopped for a
                brief refuel at 1030 hours. By 1500 hours the Brigade had 48 prisoners and
                just two or three minor incidents of contact with the enemy. Some Iraqis had
                their individual equipment, most did not. We encountered empty bunkers,
                abandoned individual equipment, and vehicles without crews. Most of our
                prisoner@!id.discarded all their equipment, very few had chemical defense
                equipmen@

                    By noorf the enemy had an organized defense. Just 80 kilometers to our
                northeast the enemy had set up a defense oriented to the west. Iraqi 52nd
                Armored Division had set up in front of the Tawakalna Division. We continued
                our march.

                    The Brigade laagered that night around Phase Line Berlin. It was a good
                day. Our Bettalicn had rolled about 85 kilometers further northeast into Iraq
                without firing a s6tot.   There was no significant contact with the enemy across
@-ioade. :n -r@'it c: Lis the '2nd ACR had deleated , mec@.an4zed 4.lfantry




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Box ID = BX001301
Unit = 3D AD
Parent Organization = VII CORPS
Folder Title = OPORDS AND COMMAND AND CONTROL
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Subject = 3AD HISTORY OF OPERATION DESERT STORM AND SPEAR
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Scan Date = 18-JUL-1996
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
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Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 16-AUG-1996