OPERATION DESERT SHIELD STORM 16 MAY 92

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Subject = OPERATION DESERT SHIELD  STORM   16 MAY 92                      

Parent Organization = ARCENT      

Unit = VII CORPS   

Folder Title = SPREAD SHEET SUMMARY-MAP AND HISTORY OF 82 ENG BN TRAVELS 16 MAY 92                             

Document Number =          6

Box ID = BX000301



     now destroying enemy equipment.       5 USC 552(b)(6)

     01 Mar 91: Blue Babe finally enters Kuwait and occupied TAA Mexico (QT
     321877). D Company sends a SEE to RSS to dig graves for Iraqi dead.
     Commander requests a helicopter from 2ACR to visit soldiers in hospital.
     Request is denied due to instability of situation.

     02 Mar 91: Battalion is sending teams back to recover the few vehicles we
     lost. SFC Schnorrbusch links up with Battalion; he was with 54th Engineer
     Battalion with some of our heavy equipment during the battle.


     03 Mar 91: The Battalion Commander, CSM, and Commander, C Company fly to
     vicinity LBE to visit wounded soldiers. The Commander calls Germany to
     notify the Blue Babe families that the Battalion is well and in Kuwait. A
     memorial service is held at X Troop 3/2ACR for
     and             The Battalions only casualties were sustained by C Company.
     At night, the oil field fires are easily identified.


     04 Mar 91: Terms of truce are presented and are taken to Baghdad for
     signature. The Regiment makes coordination with VII Corps to use the
     military airport northwest of Kuwait City (Ali Al Salem Airbase). However,
     before a C-130 could land, debris needed to be cleared from the runway.
     ILT Ellis and his platoon from D Company, with dozers and bucket loaders,
     is given this mission. Companies are destroying enemy equipment. Battalion
     is told they will deploy with 2ACR. Mail arrived today.

     05 Mar 91: (Item from the March/April 1991 Bamberg Times (Vol. 14, No. 3)
                   A Memorial Service was held in the Community Chapel on
              March 5 to honor four soldiers from Bamberg who were killed
              during Operation Desert Storm.
                    The soldiers were:




                    All four soldiers were killed on Feb. 26, while serving
              as part of the coalition forces in Southwest Asia.
                    Community members gathered to honor the soldiers and
              offer support to the family members for their loss.


                 This poem is dedicated to the soldiers in C Co. 82 EN who
              gave their lives in Desert Storm:

                            Our flag is flown at halt-mast
                            For our soldiers that have died,
                            They lost their lives in battle,
                            They pageed on with dignity and pride.

                            In a desert filled with sand
                            Through the days and nights
                            They left behind their loved ones,
                            Fighting for a country's rights.

                             We'll remember them in our hearts
                             Through all the days that come,
                             The men of Charlie Company
                             And their families that are home.
      5 USC 552(b)(6)
                                 Written by Barbara A. Hill