SECERETARY OF DEFENSE REQUEST 1 APR 91

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Subject: SECERETARY OF DEFENSE REQUEST 1 APR 91                          

Unit: VII CORPS   

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box ID: BX000233

Folder Title: SOLDIERS STORIES                                                                                

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           mouth resuscitation and continued until a medic arrived. once
           medical assistance was available for the wounded soldier,
           Jennings turned her attention to comfort the panicked soldier
           whose weapon had accidentally discharged.

           9.    By 27 March 1991, after pushing 260 kilometers into Iraq,
           fuel was in short supply in the lead divisions of the VII Corps.
           16th Corps Support Group, 2d COSCOME VII Corps, had found an
           additional 46 HEMTT tankers, but needed drivers. Cooks,
           mechanics, and supply personnel volunteered. CPT Steve Walker
           picked an acting executive officer, a first sergeant, and three
           platoon sergeants and organized the ad hoc resupply force for the
           150 mile trip to the front. Less than 20% of the personnel were
           trained petroleum handlers. They arrived at Ist Armored Division
           to a harols welcome. Some of the vehicles refueled were down to
           less than a two-hour supply.

           10. In Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 159th Corps
           Support Group, support is a "family business.'' When Master
           Sergeant James W. Lyons, an insurance underwriter in civilian
           life, a cook in the US Army Reserves, was ordered to deploy to
           Operation DESERT SHIELD, his sacrifice was just a little greater.
           Also deployed with the same unit was SPC Dawn D. Lyons, an
           administrative specialist and his daughter. SPC Lyons only
           finished her Mos training in Tanuary. Enrolled at Montana State
           University, her mobilization call came just prior to final exams.

           11. 66-year old Doctor (COL) Lewis B. Harned, commander of the
           2d COSCOM's 13th Evacuation Hospital, graduated from high school
           in 1942. Classified 4F due to poor eyesight, he convinced his
           parents to let him join the American Field Service, American
ces for the British ath Army in North
           Africa. Arriving in Egypt in 1943, he served in Syria and Italy.
           Later, he served during the Korean War. His membership in the
           Wisconsin Guard brought him to operation DESERT SHIELD. . . a
           reunion of sorts, VII Corps membership includes another alumni of
           the North African campaign, the British lst Armored Division, the
           Desert Rats.

           12. SSG Humphrey A. Fahie was a US citizen for less than a year
           when his unit was deployed to Saudi Arabia. A platoon sergeant
           in the ist Infantry Division's ist Battalion (APACHE), lst
           Aviation Regiment, he has a reputation as a hard-nosed, no-
           nonsense leader. Moving up continuously during the four days of
           DESERT STOR14, to keep his platoon aircraft operational, SSG Fahie
           found no time for sleep, but he accomplished his objective --
           five fully mission-capable Apache attack helicopters every day of
           the ground attack despite sand, rain, wind, and enemy action.
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           13. On 27 February 1991, B Company, Task Force 1-41, 2nd Armored
           Division (Forward) drew direct enemy fire. When SGT Raymond
           Solomon's Bradley caught up to the action, two other Bradley's
           were already in flames. Injured soldiers were scattered on the
           ground nearby. Without the need for orders, SGT Solomon, a

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