MESSAGE DATED 20 FEB 91

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Subject = MESSAGE DATED 20 FEB 91                                         

Parent Organization = ARCENT      

Unit = XVIII CORPS 

Folder Title = DUTY LOG G3 REAR XVIII ABC MAIN CP SITREPS FEB 91                                               

Document Number =         21

Box ID = BX000020




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      SENTEXT/SIGNIFICANT POLITICAL-MILITARY-DIPLOMATIC EVENTS/


      CIVILIANS THAT HAD EVACUATED SOME OF THE SAUDI TOWNS IN THE CORPS'


      AREA ARE BEGINNING TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES. THE EARLY FEAR OF


      THE WAR WITH IRAQ HAS BEEN EASED BY THE PRESENCE OF US FORCES IN


      THE AREA, THE EMIR OF RAFHA REPORTED THAT MOST IF NOT ALL OF HIS

      RESIDENTS HAVE RETURNED.//


      SENTEXT/COMMANDERS EVALUATION/ CROSS BORDER OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN

      EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE TO DATE. OUR EMPHASIS WILL REMAIN ON ARMED

      AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE. TRAINING AND OTHER PREPARATIONS FOR G-DAY

      OPERATIONS WILL CONTINUE. A KEY LESSON OF OUR OPERATIONS TO DATE

      IS THE VALUE OF PSYOP AIRCRAFT SUPPORTING ATTACK HELICOPTERS. WE

      HAVE ACHIEVED GREAT SUCCESS AGAINST IRAQI SOLDIERS IN OUR ZONE

      WITH THIS COMBINATION. THE CORPS IS SHORT SEVENTY-FIVE 5 TON

      CARGO TRUCKS. THE ABSENCE OF THESE TRUCKS WILL IMPAIR THE MISSION

      CAPABILITY OF THE 82D ABN DIV DURING DESERT STORM. WE SOLICIT ALL

      POSSIBLE AID OF THE ARCENT AND SUPCOM STAFFS TO ACQUIRE THESE

      VEHICLES PRIOR TO G-DAY.//

      DRAFTER: MAJ RICK HOLCOMBE, RELEASER: COL STEVEN M. SAKUMA, COL,

      DEP DIR OPERATIONS











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