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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  








                    I)ii the right li@knd sidc?, ?ci platooll AI,311.1 sc.,c-ii<-)ii and .3(i litato(:)n wel"(@
                    I;C-(:l ill tight.              CF'l D.,tvi 't@ VC'Ili.C@IC? WAS, li(lt%- it,(' Je'fi                                     AICIST
                    (..Lemc:?Ilt of       tlit@ J(?@tcl                              i-if,                  wit.@ con(:@?,-rt(,ci -ii.)oLtt.
                    L:c-.-niLti-ions distirigltishiric.) Alpha troop fi-c)(ft tire., ('.nemy, so (,r@l 1).Ivie.
                    I i-isti,ucted       Alplik Ti,ool3 to slioot a red star cluster to signif>, who
                    tli@y t-jei,e.          It(, was Linawzii-c, -that A2-1,                                 7tti(J (i2o5 were towards', his
                    I(,.ft [-far.           li(:? tll(3ttgllt 11(@ was he(?                                               Cle:in(@ilt.
                    llic, troop command nc-1, t%,Iiich 1-taci been f@tirly coritrollc@d Ltp to Lhj.-.-,
                    1)(Ii.nt, Was now (-IlkOS.                      F'(@pl(- Were y(,'Lltfiq fell- a me(Ji(, And iic@t
                    certain whcrc, t(-) send that medic: Arid iic)L knowing wlic.,i,c? Lhc.@ enemy Wis.
                    ]lien A33 (at-kc3tli(?r Bra(llt2y) was hit.                                   ()iiti Llic? (litniier Was (:al'Liiig -for k
                    itied i c.     This further head ttp the iic.,t.
                    A.i3 t-i@ts located in th(@ mi.ddle of 3d I-)Iklt3(3n.                                                rht? .13(J I)IkLo(:)ri IL,,kdi-@i,
                    t-(,poric@d that 'Ittc-, his c.-Ic@ment was [)]act.                                                              in imnittrljt:ioll)
                    ,And li@kd i.c.) rc.,].oRd. S(3                 l@hcy pLtll.(z(.1                                                     ;tiid (,I"I I)avi(2.
oons 10
                    L-1-igag(? the enemy and also to proton-. id pl.-Atooi-i wi-iile vLtln(.-i-,kbte.
                    Ih.tt's when 3d platoon detected more                                                       to their 'front and engaged
                    them with TOW missilt-s.                              CPT Davip then (let*-rmine(i tiiat Aipi,,R rroop
                    itc?c?dc@,d 10 pltll back 1)(-@ritLtre they were c)ttt(iiknric-(i @-icl (,'r,@iitui,ic)n was
                    supposed to go int(,3 action.
                    (,I-,T Dav:ic@ noticed ilic?rc4 was a Fir@llc-,y                                       ii-i@ front ;tri(i Assttnic@(i it wall
                    A."'sS .    I-IL- Ij-ic?w A33 was 1-tit.                 bttl@ di.d all[. l'itow                               tti(@ crew had b(?(?Il
                    ('V,t LLt,-t I (@(I     (3C3, with A)rilii,                                       '.'cl                                 lrcic)r) qLtl'ck'Jy
                    org,Aniz(?(i A relief (effort !(-j                                                                                l(ari Ili tiit@ A.S,",
                    v(phiclez.          It was tiowevc.?r, riot                                l@tei I                    ()I;6. Al iiii@; r),,jrit L;I-f
                    Davie did riot @.not4 that A36 hall                                            ill I        lqt@ told Ili(? '         -Id 1)1..k Looii
                    leader that they WOLtld go Ltp and htvf. it 'junk. ilil- 2rid I)Latoort leader
                    directed his vehicles to provide ovt@t-tj,iLt.ii kii(l covering fire to
                    g)rotect the A36 vehi.cle (CF'T Davic@ 'LI-kott(ilit, ;At thi@-; ti.mc?, however,
                    that it was f)33).                      Tli(eii som(@(ii-i(, was halt oil l@lit, (jrOLtil(J tr) ([kAt<(@ certain
                    The-, crt-w was oltt-                   ']tiny (.Iicin't Piic)w                          t.ll(
tied ot.tl, (-Y(-ryoi-i(z

                    A,, tlic)s(., veltic."LFr.                        r)tti  J i II(] t)z, c 1,      t ....               I       I I (@l I    I(? y I kc)
                    Lliat Aiiatli(:?r Eirad'tt?>, wxs [ILI.                            I I tq",.                          n'ti t(.                 L(,ft- real-..
                    It looked lil




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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