OPNS DESERT SHIELD STORM CMD REPORT 1ST INF DIV MECH 19 APR 91

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Subject = OPNS DESERT SHIELD STORM CMD REPORT  1ST INF DIV MECH  19 APR 91

Parent Organization = ARCENT      

Unit = VII CORPS   

Folder Title = 1ST ID ANNEX A MEMO AND CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY OF EVENTS 26 MAR 91                               

Document Number =          1

Box ID = BX000305







                         (6) During the course of the 100 hour ground
             operation, the Division engaged and destroyed all, or
             elements of, the following Iraqi Divisions:

                              25th Infantry  Division
                              26th Infantry  Division
                              27th Infantry  Division
                              30th Infantry  Division
                              '31st Infantry Division
                              48th Infantry  Division
                              TAWAKALNA Mechanized Division (RGFC)
                              6th Armored Division
                              10th Armored Division
                              12th Armored Division
                              52d  Armored Division

             Enemy equipment destroyed is estimated as:

                              Tanks           558
                              APCs            486
                              Artillery       212
                              ADA             268
                              EPW           llr425

             lst Infantry Division (Mechanized) casualties totaled 21 YIA
             and 67 WIA.


                   d. Post Combat Operations, 1 March - 10 March 1991.

                         (1) 010615 March 1991, 1-4 CAV conducted a zone
             reconnaissance to secure Safwan airfield in Iraq as a
             negotiation site. Contact was made with an Iraqi Brigade.
             At 1015 2d Brigade reinforced 1-4 CAV and assumed control of
             operations. After an ultimatum was delivered by the 2d
             Brigade Commander, the Iraqi forces withdrew without a fight.
             Site preparation and clearing of Iraqi equipment in sector
             continued on 2 March.


                         (2) The negotiation site was prepared by early
             morning of 3 March. The Division provided an overwhelming
             force presence for the talks between General Schwartzkopf and
             the Iraqi delegation. Plans for continuing offensive
             operations, if necessary, were finalized. DANGER
             International, a C130 strip, was made operational on the
             northbound lanes of the Kuwait City - Basrah highway.

                         (3) From 4 - 10 March the Division continued to
             destroy enemy equipment and ammunition stockpiles in sector.
             The Division assisted in the repatriation of detained Kuwaiti

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