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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





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      15Z     XVIII Airborne Corps FRAGO #8 places the 96th and 64,tth
                    Transportation Companies (received from USARCENT
                    SUPCOM) under the operational control of the lst
                    Support Command (Corps) effective 090OZ on 18
                    January 1991.
   1300       3d Armored Cavalry makes contact with 6th (French)
                    Light Armored  Division.
   1548       Two unidentified individuals in SCUBA equipment are
                    observed in the water near Warehouse #20 in the
                    Port of Dammam; they disappear after being engaged
                    by military police.
   1305Z      XVIII Airborne Corps FRAGO #9 accepts Company B, 96th
                    Civil Affairs Battalion, from USARCENT and
                    attaches it to the 6th (French) Light Division
                    with the additional specification that it is to
                    provide direct support civil affairs teams to the
                    46th and 171st Support Groups during Phase II of
                    Operation DESERT STOR@L.
   133OZ      XVIII Airborne Corps FRAGO #10 directs the transfer of
                    part of the Phase Line RAZOR screening
                    responsibility from the 6Lh (French) Light Armored
                    Division to the 3d Armored Cavalry effective 1'200C
                    on 21 January 1991.
      25      212th Field Artillery Brigade begins receiving jamming
                    on the XVIII Airborne Corps Radio Teletype [RATTI
                    net which lasts past 2217.
      t5      XVIII Airborne Corps Main Command Post receives
                    notification from CINCCENT of SCUD launches
                    towards Dhahran from two points.
   2155       XVIII Airborne Corps Main Command Post receives
                    notification from CINCCENT of a thirs SCUD being
                    launched.
   2259       20th  Engineer Brigade reports that the 20th Engineer
                    Battalion has closed into Logistical Base CHARLIE.

   20 January (C+163) (D+3)
   0645Z      XVIII Airborne Corps FRAGO #11 amends FRAGO W'2 to make
                    the release of the 2d Brigade Task Force of the
                    101st Airborne Division from the tactical control
                    of VII Corps an on order mission. Also amends the
                    boundaries of Assembly Area MAPLE.
   113OZ      XVIII Airborne Corps FRAGO #12 assigns screening
                    responsibilities along Phase Line RAZOR to each
                    major maneuver subordinate command as the element
                    closes into its area of operations.
   1930       All-64 from Company C, 3d Battalion, 227th Aviation
                    (12th Aviation Brigade) has a hard landing in
                    Assembly Area SEIRUCE (LT 708504) resul.tiiia in two
                    minor injuries.
      45      Notification received from CINCCENT that Iraq      launched
                    two SCUD missiles toward Diialtrati.
   2155       Notification received from CINCCEN'I' that Iraq    launched
                    third SCUD towaro Dliatirati.
   2157       XVIII Airborne Corps Main Coiiiiik@tn(i Post liears nearb)@
                                  UNCLASSIFIED

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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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File Room = aug96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-33
Box ID = BX000527
Unit = ARCENT
Parent Organization = CENTCOM
Folder Title = VOLUME 5 XVIII AIRBORNE CORPS AFTER ACTION REPORT FOR 3D ARMY
Folder Seq # = 1
Subject = XVIII AIRBORNE CORPS OPERATION DESERT SHIELD CHRONOLOGY
Doc Seq # = 4
Doc Date =
Scan Date =
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