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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  










                After killing all those vehicles. olti- fiiial (-iigagement at that
                battle position was three BilPs, i.ri @t liri(@, facing to the wc-st-                 I
                ki.llc-@d ilici first two AncJ then as we tjei-c, I-)Ltllin(j, cp,r w@iiis told
                us to e@rc@s (wc- were bingo fuel again).                CW;-' Kc-?).Iy fi.reci his
                gltn using his helmet moui-ited display.             Tli(@ third BIIP exploded in
                a huge fireworks di-,play.          It had secondary and tertiary
                explosions, as if the BIIP was loaded iii'tli xnimLtiiition.              Ai-id he
                was only 282 mcters away wlic@i-i 1-ir@ destroyed it, awful ciari'l (:lose-
                CW2 fIcNamai-,A and I wc@i-e (3i-ily 300 ineters t4it(@r) it went t-tf-).     We
                were also downrange when we were lookinci At iliis stuff.                     it
                begai-i exploding.      A(nMLtil i i i Oil , t-tne x I:) I (:)(I( d i,(jLtii(is f i-om c?@--kr I i c--r .
                began -flying out of -LI-ie vehicles. Wc@ t)L-c.@tnie concerned about
                secondary explosions getting out, aircraft AS flak.

                We departed and went to the FAR'F' and that was ilic@ Ixsi. mission
                that night.      I believe that it was al-jpi-oxifnat(?].y 0220 wl-.ori w(
                shut our c.?ngi.nes down for the                    liiixi w,,-, itic-, ftiorriinci of
                the 27tli of Fel3rttary.

                February 28, 1991:

                The morning of February 28th, r4ravo Cociir)@tkriy was first iii Iii-ic-@
                for battle.      We heard that at 0800 tli(,r(@ woltld I-)c- a cease-fire.
                LTC Stevens put the Battalion at REPCOI-I 5 wtiicli meant that
                another mission was not likely for @li(? time being.

                At 1000 we got a call from i.lf' Esi(,v(@ri,, tC) likltl)rh against a
; (.)ii he(-,          W(?                  si.x t)l)arhes
                and ttirc-@e C)H-58As.     The, OpAc:hes@ Ic-,cl titd tit(.@                    Our
                flanks and i-ear.       We flt-w to the ai-(,,,k            the r-72 L.,tnks were
                supposed to be, but saw nothing except iiLtmc@i,c)tts abaril]oned
                vehicles. These included T-55 'ranks,             B,rR-60s. BiliPs . BRDils, and
                trucks.     We departed our battle po%3.,Ljori (PF') And coritin"ed to
                the cast.     We saw about 740 fneml:)oi-@, of the r@cpttl)lic,-.kn ('3Ltat-ds
                waiving fltgs to surrender.            D)(-, rc)ii I i ri, ir@t,l t4nl i I wt:, wf,r-c@ 2(i
                kilometers into I




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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