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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











                 Enaineer Battalion into the 3AD force structEirL-. The
                 division s objective was to emolov E-force when the battalion
                 arrived in the TAA. See ADDendix I for task oroanization.
                 AdDitionallv. the arc)uo coordinated the link uo of the comnanies
                 -4itt, their @tiduorted task force and initiated actions that t-jould
                 nelo the battal2on become an ODE?rational element.         Ma)or RidenDLir
                 coordinated with the Division Encineer Commander. COL Morris.
                 and the ADE. Major Ostendorl and lived with the 23rd Enaitieer
                 Battalions The lessons he Ic-arned from the 23rd's S3. MAJ
                 Pelkev@ and the entire 23rd staff t4ould helm the 12th Enaineers
                 ,jraafiizp for its mi-.sions. CPT Rasmus became a second Brioade
                 -'taf4 Enoineer 4or the Readv First Brioade. He became en accpoted
                 and inteoral member of their team.
                      The COMDanv XO s left Dhahran earlv to linkut) witt their
                 BUDDorted battalions. Task DroanizatiL)ri down to IF le%-el tqas
                 :;tiil unclear. No sooner had iLT Jenkins become an in@.L-cral
                 -it-muer of 2no Bricade's 4-BIN, then he teas directed to Tf' 1,1-6j- in
                 3rd Ecrioade.   ILT Johnson and ILT Ztjnica flew on a 2 './2 nolir
                 niaci-nawk ride. timile II.T )enkins rode in a nontactical vltiirle.
                 a Nissan Pathfinder. with CPT Johnson and SGT 14ilcov..         11 T E@@n@oti
                 conaucte(3 his llrIkLID with his IF at the oort.
                      While the ba'talion s elements linked uo vjith thpi,
                 suodortea IF s. CPT Face and Mr. Seals continued their iccol
                 nltrcmases of all items the 12th would neeci to survive in thc-
                 nesert and durino-the UDComina around tqar      -.
                      Bv 14 Februarv. onlv It cavs a4ter the first stiid ar-i,@ed j-
                 oort. all elements of the 12th Eticineer Bn were linl,ccl tic; i@,,
                 menrv and intearated with the maneuver units thev t-jrJL:!C.
                 ihe advance r)artv's mission was -low comoleted arid a or-.At
                 success.

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