702ND TRANS BATTALION OPER DIARY SAUDI ARABIA 1990 THRU 1991

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Subject = 702ND TRANS BATTALION OPER DIARY SAUDI ARABIA 1990 THRU 1991    

Parent Organization = MISC        

Unit = MISC        

Folder Title = 702ND TRANS BN-PROVISIONAL-BATTALION OPERATIONS DIARY-SAUDI ARABIA 90-91                        

Document Number =          1

Box ID = BX005619









          27 February - Bn continues movement of ammunition (Class V)
          forward as coalition armored forces annihilate Iraqi
          formations. Kuwaiti forces retake Kuwait City. Bn troops in
          Dammam move off the barge to Batar compound as the barge is
          readied for movement north. Operations in Jubayl is directed
          to begin planning to move Enemy Prisoners of War (EPW) on
          flatbed trucks. The thought is to cut holes in cargo
          containers and mount them as makeshift troop carriers on
          flatbeds. Remarks to the press by the ARCENT commander
          praise the efforts of logistics and transportation units.
          General Schwarzkopf noted the work of units using leased
          commercial vehicles, and host nation civilian drivers.
          Thirty eight (38) out of 42 Iraqi divisions in the Kuwait
          Theater of Operations (KTO) have been destroyed by our
          forces.

          28 February - President Bush orders a cessation of offensive
          action by coalition forces effective 08:00 local time, one
          hundred hours after the start of the ground offensive phase
          of Operation Desert Storm. Allied armored forces stand by,
          and watch Iraqi armor retreating along the road to Basra in
          northeastern Iraq. Enemy units in Kuwait are given a choice,
          abandon your equipment and walk north, or die. Surrounded,
          without food or water, most choose to walk. Those who fight
          are killed. Intelligence estimates that 40 1/2 of 42 Iraqi
          divisions have been destroyed. The allies hold over 80,000
          EPWS, and are capturing more all the time. Bn is directed to
          stop movement of Class V forward. Mission shifts for the
          time being to movement of ammunition for the Air Force. No
          drivers went on sick call today. Full moon.


                      MONTHLY MILEAGE REPORT: FEBRUARY 1991

                         TOTAL MILES          AVG PER WEEK

                           804,151              201,037