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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)



         w                                                      who was a'
         p
            3d Squadron occupied the far western sector on th6.
         Demarcation line. They utilized a destroyed oil refinery
         f@hwir headquarters which initially housed almos@oo
         nativ@refugees. The Regimental TOC was right n"< door,
         lying aawt 800m southeast of 3/2's perimete                 hile
         conducting@eir border duty,                                 ings.       ..We
         watched them @raqi soldiers)                        r, we watched
         them retake Al @mawah. We                           1the refugees
         coming South over"e bridge.                         a squad of
         black-bereted troopsNXic)late                       eby actually
         taking the bridge that@an sa                        ghway 8 into the
         refinery and not IE                    al civilians) cross (the
         Iraqi -Forces were                     main I kilometer north off
         of highway 8). We                      rls coming to us with
         bullet  holes in t                         remembers that it was
         March                  efugee strucg      finally ended in some of
         the ne                S. On that cay          rge group of armed
         rebels                to 3/2's arei 0-F op                       ing
         that t                ble to continue fightin                    ted
         hE?lp.,               iment could do was poin                    . And
         i       that same     day when the green +lags                   lized
         t      bels' movement were also taken down          from the varioat3
         small  towns. @


                                      4th Squadron
            ,A-Ft@-t@-Et?@-fire cind the Regiment Wa;;                           ti/
         KLiw'@t,              remembers how anxious          one'was to.get"
ol. Olsi                       ncier, came buy
         telling@e pilots       how this was                  unity to get'
         back to tr @ ino.                                    s response toi
         that was, '.Man@                       train, I just want to go;
         home. I d(3n' t  care                  ly the thing again... justi
         one flight back tc                     you could take me in a trudk
         and that'd make me
                      emembers                  Kuwait and hearing
                       S-3@c                      there new home for thtp
         next 3-6 mo@s.        They ended up          ng for three weeks and
         then mov@g back into Iraq anc the d             cation line.@
         "There,Was Just so much uncertainty," r                rs
         little angrily. !
                                            rss
            While  the Rpqiment carried out its missi5n on           the
         demarcat                    spent @st of                    ing runs'
         to *e d                     qu     ns     A-F               g -Food',
         wat+@, c                           Id@then                  y EPWsg
         thaf the                           Up.1 HL-                 cking the
         vehicle                                @hey                 ere from O'
         theicabi                               t@e t                     saidg
         he                                 ONIA Pr
         exp       I ci Was , t             tion                     he @uard@
         wer        ing the EPWs into a     line,        opened up his cardo
         box to got some sodas and when the Iraqis saw this they
         almost started a riot.-"

                                                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 =
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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