XVIII AIRBORNE CORPS OPERATION DESERT SHIELD CHRONOLOGY

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Subject = XVIII AIRBORNE CORPS OPERATION DESERT SHIELD CHRONOLOGY         

Parent Organization = CENTCOM     

Unit = ARCENT      

Folder Title = VOLUME 5   XVIII AIRBORNE CORPS AFTER ACTION REPORT FOR 3D ARMY                                 

Document Number =          4

Box ID = BX000527






                                 UNCLASSIFIED


   b December IC+121)
   0850        Bunker at Base J-6 (UK 010154).collapses, injuring one
                    soldier from the 623d Transportation Company.
   0900        2.5-ton truck from Company A, 72ILli Support Battalion
                    (24th Infantry Division) caught fire at a Li-asli
                    dump at TK 538542.
   1500        Two soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters
                    Company, 3d Battalion, 32cl Armor (Ist Cavalry
                    Division) injured when,tlieir M-998-series High
                    Mobility Multi-Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) is struck
                    by a Saudi private vehicle at the intersection of
                    Main Supply Route MERCEDES and Route GREEN (TK
                    805095).

   7 December (C+122)
   1200        OPORD Desert Shield I in effect foi- on ordez- execution

   8 Decemher (C+1231
   1720                              Headquarters and Headquarters
                    uonipany, iu7th Engineer Battalion (82d Air-borne
                    Division) suffers fractured I-e,., at l@ffALII) trainee+
                    while detonating damaged 152iiiiii HEAT i-oLLiid.
                                                                               5 USC 552 (b)(6)
     7D
      _!cember (C+124)
               Base F-2 is established at VJ q@09986 for- tiie 9t.ii
                    Psvcholouir-@l Onpr-at.inrj!i Pztttaliori.
   0820       1                                    724LI1 @c;tlppovt liattallor)
                    k4,iLn Ltiiujitry iitvts.Lurii i@illed wlieti Liaro%%,ri front
                    leased tractor/6,600-gallt@ii %qatet, tant@el., U@et'LLIt'tlS
                    on Thadj Road at Tk 7358ziO.

   10 Decembgr (C+12U


   11 December (C+126)



   12 December_LC+12_71
   0545        3d Armored Cavalry has one M-3 Braclie.N, ccjtjipletel@
                    destroyed in a fire at Aniiiitiriii.ioii Supply f-loiiit
                    SKIBBIE (TL 679415).
   2328        High Mobility Multi-Wlieeled Vehicle of the 545tti
                    Miltiary Police Company roll.s off L.lit,, edge,@ of a
                    sand ridge near TJ 867972, resulting in one
                    serious injury.

   13 December (C+128)
   1900        2d Battalion,@ 18th Field Artillery has a tltit


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   15 December (C+130)                UNCLASSIFIED

Document 70 f:/Week-33/BX000527/VOLUME 5 XVIII AIRBORNE CORPS AFTER ACTION REPORT FOR 3D ARMY/xviii airborne corps operation desert shield chronology:0418971637454
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Box ID = BX000527
Unit = ARCENT
Parent Organization = CENTCOM
Folder Title = VOLUME 5 XVIII AIRBORNE CORPS AFTER ACTION REPORT FOR 3D ARMY
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Subject = XVIII AIRBORNE CORPS OPERATION DESERT SHIELD CHRONOLOGY
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Queued for Declassification = 25-AUG-1996
SAGWI Request = 11-APR-1997
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 18-APR-1997