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File: 081996_jul96_decls1_0220.txt
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
We destroyed appi-oxifnatc-ly 10 twniored vehicles. They werc- a
MiXtLIl-e of PC]-SOSIII('l and tani-@s- After d(@sti-(:)yinq tile
velii.clc.,ti we tolci f,:c?.xdy-6 tli.it tju wcrc, "bingo fttc.-l." This mcixril
that we were short of' 'fuel. We did a left turn and hekded bad,
OLt i. . As we departed, C,W3 Dan Craytor and CPT I'lil,@e Wills
radioed, "L(-ad'-, been hit ii-k the tail ro toi-. " As their tail
rotor began to vibrate exc(-,ssively xnd -their "vibl- cjearbc:)x"
caution light flashed on. (.W2 Dwayne HogLte and WOI read Fi-ibi)s
,LhL,ii radioed 'LliA-L Lhc-?y were hii. too. They tLti,-iiE@d out to be
false alarms, luckily, n@itli(-@i- :tj.rci-aft had been (ikmaged.
We refueled at FAR@P llissan- I tien At 2330 houi-s@ we took off to
tile east. Again we could sc?o the IlLr@S batteries firing in the
distance- We flew by the CAE' convoy again, and continued -Lo Lhe
east. We landed short of tli(@ fight and held. li-T Sn(,Ison, WOI
Mil@c-@ lllaci,., after their AOs (S(',l' Wilkinson and SSG Williamson)
circlt@d to ()Lti,- west in (Iiq-58s to act ks our radio relay to
the Battalion I'AC.
WI-iilc- ho3.ding LTC' Stevens told its we were going to fight in the
Southern Arc,,A of the battle. We had been in the north before.
We took off ,Again and contacted Ready-6 again. Then CPT Wills
L,,Atli-dealet-' elements inbound."
Ready-6 replied, "Wc@lconic, 'De'a'@--cJealers,' its good to have
you back with us Aga,.tn." fle..wc,].comed its and sent us to
posi.-Lios-it-, to the -.;oLtLhc.,rri Are@% of the battle.-field. He gave its
an i@I)f)r(-)XiMAt(? gi-id!; to go I,.o ,kt-kd said iiiit tile friendly forces
wc-i,(- on Ltic@ 14,@ gr:i(ilitic.@. II(' further s'LaLccl, that they could
be as far (j,,kst ,kti the .7@ I'll Liasicall.y anything east
of tlic., 7") gi-icllinc, was L@n(,fiiy.
Shortly after we made radi(3 rontac-t he told its to get low as
"Mill.ers" ( ttic@ ITILRS bxtterics) -fired over OLtr heads into the
enemy'S Ar(-@t.
Wc, c)vc@r,t ic@@, Llic- /,' (Iricll iii( -Iri(I c(.)Lt.[(l sc,c@ lotcis', of Ect-adleys and
-fri(?iidly l,iii(@ci Ltl) iin(i fkrif)cj L() ilip ok,3t. I tikin@@ "r@(,ady
6" ttaci xrici Lc)lcl tlif@ff. I.() 110.1(1 (Ilr':Ll' fir(:, whi)c-? the? Apaches
cttnil- in- tiii(@ii tj(@ west of tile 73 gridlifle
we s@low(@(i clciwil 1<@ ;'(,) [Artois ctn(i slowly moved forward-
At that t sAw tqli,,kl, to bc-, an armored vehicle about
10(,)() ic@ ;ttt- It xrjpc@;ii,ccl in bc, cittg in and had a
U-Silar)(@(J 41-(-)IAn(i It Jil Out- (Jirectioti. i (:aiild ci-,,r
i(>'I,l f,iitt wh;ti I iiloll (,W,:,) C;r@%tor if I
my fire.
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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