HISTORICAL RPT OF 12TH ENG BN IN SPT OF ODSS

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Subject = HISTORICAL RPT OF 12TH ENG BN IN SPT OF ODSS                    

Parent Organization = VII  CORPS  

Unit = 3D AD       

Folder Title = OPORDS AND COMMAND AND CONTROL                                                                  

Document Number =          7

Box ID = BX001301











                        stoo. as the advanced nartv waited for oerhads an hour before
                        thinas finallv beoan to hai3Den.
                              A bus showed'uo and onto it the orOUD loaded their baaoaae.
                        After the loadina was comoleted. Maior Ridenour marched us to the
                        welcome tent. There the arouo received its first taste of
                        oottled water. The orouo waited here for aernads 3 or more hours
                        tviiiie Maior Ridenour and SFC Cox attemoted to determine what unit
                        the 12th Enaineers would SUDDort and wnpre the arouo needed to
                        00. Aithouan the arouo had been -010 that thev were to suooort
                        tnp 18th Airborne Coros before it left. MAJ Ridenour would find
                        out at the airi,eld---fcr the first time-- that the 12th would be
                        a oart oi tne ith Enor Bde. Vil Co-Ds. Meanwhile the rest of the
                        i4ovancea I"artv nunted about natnerina as much information abOLit
                        this olace as thev could. still not lnowina where thev were
                        noino. or hotv thev would oet there.
                             ;Iaior RiaetoLir ano SFC Co-,@ @iriajlv returnee!.                    !'Jot bL-.,no able
                          contac@ i@ivo-ie whc) could Droviop Disposition instrLiCt@r3ris. MAJ
                        Ridenour (3attierc?o Lio his bus full @,t focus and decded to follow
                        LTC hike :Uee3an. --on,.narder of 5-5 Cav. !st BDE. 3AD t,) the Dammam
                        Dort.   Here. 7,9. wouic house the aovartced t3artv and set-V further
                        ouicance.      i!-oricailv. iFl2 1,Rt(Ir Lias attached to ist BDE. 7,AD.
                        ine bus tt6@'@-Lied the iO-15 rpill-s in 45 minutes be,--atise of the
                        iLt)i,eE- @,ecLirir.., at)ecv,. ano searct%es.        The crouo iinallv settled
                        Town in a warL-tICLlse known as warc?rir-use #16.
                              fne next oav 4as the '5tti 34 Januarv.- !991                    .....  the UN
                        Deadline ior iraz)i i,ot3os to IDL                                     ou- c)4 i,uwait.
                                                    iqitri nott@iric m,-(, -ha-i a riotl- on ttil radio
                                             :r, evei,@c)ne s @irio     .....   tqmt-n will the war start.
                        I i.@, a) r - @mi) @,i D., A,3 a i nst I r a c) @jE@3al) on the I7th of Jaiiuar v.          The
                        .i,i.,Rriceo oirv 4(3i,iri feel its ejects bv exderiericina Iraci
                        rLElilacol-i s-             of Scztd mi--siles and sleeE)Iess ninhts in
                        li@)t i, ) ,.
                            ,After            ai-i@'Ation triE3 t,) vi@-ill- 7th Enor Bde HO on 19
                        JF'f-Liarv. fl.,,;a7fr -:iOEnoir lear@iE,,-, treat the battalion WOLtld suouc)rt
                        Tr.,? @.!,r i@!.Tr-oo i),.vsiin @34 @"I Corcs.             The advanced nartv
                        -ATterDuLer) r.@                 tre arrival oatl-s of the battalion's
                        t-ouiumet)t a@ ttip                      c;alici Hail. Malor Stetit)en W. F'Iess.
                        ano               Split? ViDiii(i iitlr atrive or. the 6th. 4th and 3rd of
                        -:-t)ru,ir   OS'@L-L @ '@ @E.Ii v. @'r i c)r -10 t fIL- 7,rl I Ds arrival. ILT
                        i.r)iomiria@i cc)oroiqi@c-a thc, Dainz)nc of vehicles with Ist                      Iniantrv
                        i!l ,I %I oi;                 river @lt)t)               would be Dainted           before
                        mo.i:,,            li;zr.r .
                                                          rj-. rt)@i!oir.Arinc) and becoino for             a
                                                                        wris able to ribtain one            and ILT
                                           At,. i-I Lo, coordinated for nilletina si3ace                    at Cement
                        L I                i@Lr,t ue?@,orirei to             fliaht line at both            Dhahran
                        ,iri(i i,)t@o Fahcl P)irL)L@rts.    iv@i)lo 'LT Chris Benson dodoed Scuds at
                        ut.@- @ji. i iet]Eenants jaN jr,-iriso.@. anri Jeff Jenkins areeted the
                                  c).tjif@rs @os          arrivlo ari ilichts of 40 at Kind Fahd.                      A
                           I Z, Ci @ 3T!Z -! f@ -I ', %' LCf-'@ 1 @,t I IC Cli 1-:14J fail a e-i our and CPT Rasmus
                        "L'41       tU ](4(4 k4Enr%, an Ktic@ 25th of Januarv.                Thev both flew
                        c',c , i,.,, tiot;rs in 3               aosition or,. too Of crates of ammo to
                        their cestirtatior@.         ine,@ iqent Ec eisc- the transition of the 12th