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Subject: EOPH  ROUGH DRAFT  9 PAGES                                      

Unit: 2D ACR      

Parent Organization: VII  CORPS  

Box  ID: BX001703

Folder Title: 2D ACR HISTORICAL INTERVIEWS                                                                    

Document Number:         19

Folder Seq  #:         39







                                       5 USC 522(b)(6)

        uninhibited, boy of about 4 or 5 years old. He wouldi
        always jtdmp up on their tracks, play with the soldiers, ahd
        when they@ren't looking, try to steal their Water, foods
        and gear  -   On@day his antics went a little              r and he,
        incurred the wra@ of an annoye                        er. The o
        soldier took his RN6 and              ticcilly aimed it at the boy,
        trying to scare hifl                   oldilr became even morl:t
        agravated as the b,.c                  e least bit of +ear, jui%t
        laughed at t@oic                       boy pointed to the source
        of his a@ment: i                       ell on the rifle was 1)
        empty,             recalls, "this     :                 old kid and
        he,enderstands that the weapon        is useless uni               as a
            azine in it... then you start thinking well how were 0
        @hgese kids   brought up?" o
                      rcation duty also afforded the troopers the
                       to let out some frustrations. On the niSLb'
                        rre hail storm   '           and his pla           WI
                      n      soaking wet           nnt deci            ic
                      et d     t on his guys. The             s immediate
                      ir food       went teai                 the L.-T.9
                      m into an                               "It turned
        to be a good time," says                              rticulary
        elated as the fev                             the other platoons
        and soon there we                                   the troop in t
        mud fight.       T@            itting out all d              washed
        his clothes@earing brand new clothes, he'd ta                      sho
        and he @sitting in his Hummvee with the doors loc
        He w@dn't let us in because he was clean. We ragged h
t 20 minutes and he finally came out. We t@shed
      k h     too... it was great."
                        remembers having his sigr                     onal
        expe@nce on the evening whe
        conventi@explosion since                            set off by 82d
        Engineers ne                   airf                 was ready to jump
        into his sac                   T@FSO when "this horrendous
        explosion go                                                  " The
        overpressure                                                  d the
        tent was sha                                                  ck to
        the TOC in t                                                  hinking
        they came L                                                    the
        clos  gt    mmandl- post to                                   tension
        itse  I    ot blown off the                                    three
        feet  si deways. Another Eagle troop soldier was standing on
        his tank and was blown off by the overpressure.

                                       3RD SQUADRON


                            the other troops who conducted duty on the
        dei
        tracers                                                      ilitar)?
        -Forces


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                                           5 USC 522(b)(6)

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Document 9 f:/Week-48/BX001703/2D ACR HISTORICAL INTERVIEWS/eoph rough draft 9 pages:010297184326150
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File Room = sep96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-48
Box ID = BX001703
Unit = 2D ACR
Parent Organization = VII CORPS
Folder Title = 2D ACR HISTORICAL INTERVIEWS
Folder Seq # = 39
Subject = EOPH ROUGH DRAFT 9 PAGES
Document Seq # = 19
Document Date =
Scan Date =
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 = 02-JAN-1997