MESSAGE DATED 26 FEB 91

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Subject = MESSAGE DATED 26 FEB 91                                         

Parent Organization = ARCENT      

Unit = XVIII CORPS 

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

Document Number =         27

Box ID = BX000020



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       05 10 26220OZ FEB 91 00 00 GOOe!r




       OPERATIONS TO ELIMINATE REMAINING RESISTANCE IN AS SALMAN AT

       26030OZ WITH PSYOPS BROADCASTS. BY 063OZ THE TOWN WAS SECURE.

       THE DIVISION GUARDS THE CORPS' WEST FLANK ALONG THE 210 IC4 FROM

       THE LD TO PL RIPPER.//

       GENTEXT/OPEP,ATIONS/101ST ABN DIV (AASLT)/ EFFECTIVE 26070OZ FEB

       12TH AVN BECAME OPCON TO THE DIV. 3D BDE CONTINUED TO INTERDICT


       ENEMY FORCES IN AO EAGLE ALONG ITIGHWAY S. ENEMY ACTIVITY HAS BEEN


       LIGHT. 15 VEHICLES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED AND 37 EPW HAVE BEEN

       CAPTURED. THE ]@UILI)UP OF FOB COBRA CONTINUES. 12TIl AVN BDE

       GROUND CONVOYS ARE ENROUTE TO FOB COBRA. AIR MOVEMENT WAS DELAYED


       DUE TO WEATHER AND SHOULD BEGIN EARLY 27 FEB. THE DIV PLANS TO

       BASE FUTURE OPERATIONS OUT OF FOB VIPER (PU470517). THESE

       OPERATIONS ARE DIRECTED EAST AND DESIGNED TO CONDUCT COMBINED ARMS

       STRIKES ALONG ENEMY ESCAPE ROUTES VIC BASRAH.//

       GENTEXT/OPEP,ATIONS/24TIl INF DIV (M)/ IAW FRAGO 64 3D ACR BECAME

       OPCON TO THE DIV EFFECTIVE 26090OZ FEB. AT IIOOZ THE DIV BEGAN A

       COORDINATED ATTACK TO SECURE OBJECTIVES GOLD (PV3606), ORANGE

       (PU5585), AND TIM (PU470517). AS OF 210OZ IST BDE HAD ATTACKED IN

       THE NORTH TO OBJ GOLD. LIMITED RESISTANCE REMAINS. 3D ACR HAS











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