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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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                                      HISTORICAL REPORT FORMAT

            R17-POIRT/Au'ri-ior@. ci@'r E. Allen Chandler, Jr. Lil-4IT.- Alpha Company
            (Assassins), 2/227th Aviation ACTIVITY/EVEii,r-        Interview with CPT
            Rick B. Pennyc"i.ck, Alpha Compkriy, 2/227th Aviation. DATE/TIIIE OF
            ACTIVITY/EVENT: 25 February 1991 until 28 February 1991 DESCRIPTION
            017 ACTIVr,rY/EVEN,r:

                                        PERSONAL INTERVIEWG

            Interview with CPT Rick B- PennyCLtick, Alpha Company, ',L/2@@-7th
            Aviation-


            February 25:

            At 0620 we were notified thtt Forward Arex F4t-fLtelinq Point (For@F')
            Acura was open. We were the lead company in rotation At that time.
            We received the mission to bounce the guns to Acura and send -the
            scouts on a screen. The scouts were to screen the division right
            flank, vicinity Phase Line (PL) "Rust" and PL "Bud" and link up with
            4/7 Cavalry Squadron. And, if possible, link up with thee 2nd Armored
            Cavalry Regiment (ACR) trail elements as well. We were to keep the
            sectors observed if there were any gapLsr,:The conduct of that mission
            lasted 4 to 6 hours. My scout platoon leader, ILT Mike Warnicke,
            came upon the first group of EPOWs in the area that Battalion would
            find.  Actually herded up approximately 10 of them Rnd handed them
            of7f to lst Brigade ground elements.

            During this time, we continued to move north along Axis Liberty.
            Battalion rotation, Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie of 2/227th and Alpha
            5/229th Attack   Helicopter Companies, jumped out of FARP Acura and w(-@
            linked up with   the 4/7th Cavalry Squadron (CAV) at their FARP called
s not going t(i
            be in place to   support the screen, which was continuing north kt t.h,@,t.
            i i in(,.

            We fc)unci 4/7th CAV and located with them, :iLtSt AS Lh(-,y C)OSC?CL f7AE




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Document 269 f:/Week-28/BX001301/OPORDS AND  COMMAND AND CONTROL/3ad history of operation desert storm and spear:0816961333481

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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