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  








                     Interview with Dale E. Stroud, TnStt-LtC+or Pilot, A Company,,
                     2227-Lh Av@iat:ioi-i.         A COI-li'.ifILti%tion of the same date/time group AS
                     CPT F'(?riiiy(-.tti (:k.

                     X'vL.- heard what CPT Pennycttick has said and I can continue the
                     story.       We departed the FARP And arrive in tlif-- holding Area
                     aircraft slitt-L down to the Ar'tJ (Auxiliary Power Unit) (small
                     power Ltriii. L(,j              the syst(@nis up, but doesn't burn all the gas
                     as          main engines would.)

                     Froiitst?,kLc,r,@ got out to get tit,aph:i.cs and the mission brief.
                     Ttt(z,y were out of, the aircraft for approximately 30 minutes.
                     Wlic?ti my front seater was out I made sure all the weapon systems
                     wer(---' up and All the ASE               (Aircraft Survivability Equipment-
                     radar- jammer, radar warning device. infra- red jammer, shafl.
                     dispenser           C.'ClLtip(tient. After the weapon systems check and the
                     over-all systems ch(:?cP-., I viaitt-d for my frontseater. Todd TtrAnda.
                     I could s(-t-? the area of the- battle, we were looking right at it.
                     I could hear, I was monitoring Bravo Company during engagement,
                     listening to scout platoon leader.                         Fle sounded like it was a
                     'fairly intense battle. From our position I could see the MLRS's
                     going off.          The truck convoy was there, I thought there must be
                     a world of shit going on to them.                         I could see the "millers"
                     (MLI;:S) @iri(i the laws (M-109 Artille                 "YO going off.             I was watching
es), there were
                     flarc@t; cloinc off.


                                                             xrici @;ccoiidtry expl(Dsioiis going off.
                     Tlit@i-i nt>, fi-c)nt-it-,kt(@r                  to the aircraft.              As I gave him a
                     pit.-cc@ of cruise I @liool, his hand and said "good lucP@."

                     We cr,anl,..c-d up the Aircraft.               We launched as a flight of six with
                     Johi) Rod ii (i.akiiig the sixth aircraft.                      One of Our backseaters,
                     CW2 Chrii; Batt. climbed in the sixth aircraft as a frontsl-ater
                     ,for Jc)ltr,. 1,J(@ @ALtrl(-tlL-(i C)Lti of i.lic-? holding Area.              CW3 Bachand and
                     Wf-')l                 -ictt.?(] @s fl.i(ilit lead-          They lead the company to
                     the tr(,2.x cit Lii(-@                        where one of the millers bait-cries
                     W"kil a I..             t&,,,xs ,4 lot c.)f ronf;tt@ion on why the artillery were
                     -;il 11 i@r    I lit-I.           tj(, ticlvcrc@ci with no lights.              We were blacked
                     (,)LI t .


                     AF@ w(-@ -;@it tii ..i Lenir)c)I'Ary tiov(,?r, T could see we were on line and
                                                 tli(.-? eilqagc@(tic?iit area waiting.           At one point, a
                                  battery ,,tkrt.c-ci firiri(] Off at OLtl- left side. I could see
                                                    ],-At.tncii(@d, i i wAs very close.

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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