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File: 970815_sep96_decls46_0013.txt
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
FAST,' FORCE 23 (ALPHA COMPANY. !2TH EHGZHEER SATTALZOM)
The 23rd Enaineer Battalion with three of its four line
comoanies ano AlDha COMDanV. i2@h Encineer Battalion comorised the
Enaineer ',ask force 217. The task force suooorted 2nd Bricade.
:5rd Artrored Division. The t3ricade task oroanized Aloha COMDanv
into two Darts: third olatoor led bv LT Paul Walker tiad two ACEs
ano one CEV and suDoorEed 3-E CAV. and the rest oi the comoanv
commancea Dv CPT Rooer F,eter=-cin suc)Dort-:a 4-8 C()V with a CEV. two
14VLMS. anc iour ACES. Task f-orce 4--B further tti7,k orcani--ed the
enaineer comoanv so tnat s2cuna olatoc)n. led Dv LT Kessler.
SUDDorted the Charlie ComoanviTean with one CEV and AVLM.
The Comoanv linked uo with each L34 Its SUDOorted tasi,, force on
the 6tn oi Februarv 1991. 'i'tie --onE3anv sc)ent a week ,n Tactical
Assemo@v Area Henrv conducting oreacti rehearsals with its maneuver
iorce. i-eceivina tier 1 a-to .1 immuniticn levels. and stockina
class i SUDDiies. The 14t@ throlion the 15tti of Fpbruarv. the
arioaae moves north to Forwar@ i@ssemolv Area 6utts. This movement
wouid Dositioti the brioade to '.ead the division s wtoop. The
COMDanv soent the r@L-@:E ter. oa%,s@ conauctino orecoinbat check
inSOOLLIOnS. ano ACL ocil-ra@or Eraiiiina.
lhe comoanv rl-ceiveo the
ACEs t@@o oavs orior to arotina attacks da@, an-- trained one orir-larv
ano two alternate ooerators.
ihe bi-ioade s olan invcji-.,ea last, Force 4-8 leadina the brioade
tnrouahOLIt the attact@. Tne Can aiso involved the engineers
oiaoino sLirvivam-ii-% L)osit,,c,.@= -or 7,ie c)rc3aoe a,, everv sTo3.
ine oi,iorirv estaDll:;IILIO t@.q@ -L) I'@- ; ;el truces tii-st. the
ammunition Larrvina venic;@-2, and tne tact)cal ooerations
centers list. This Piic.-t t4ou;-4 take the Alona Cofroanv assets six
hours to accorrolish.
!he br-ioace alionec itse@i r,.to its noverierit formation on the
23rd oi FLbrLiarv. Then on the '@4th of Februarv. crossed
the SaL[01 Arat)ian- I,-acil, borfic-!- and moved to @"IASE Line Colt the
first cav. a totai of -@') I i@@ i.etera that oav. t)r. the s-cond dav of
the aro,,fi,:,, i,;ar. the bricalip t-ti@tieu r.ortnlasi -lo @ittiin two
Kilometers o4 FL f@r?r lin. i:i(? orioade eXDeri'.nLLu no enaaaements.
Out Ta.@K @c)rce 4 8 di c c-at)E,@i E, L@nL@mv or i soners: Di war tqhi ch the
second E)iatoon o4 Aloha t:omoar. @Enaitieersi SeCLirL-d until the
mi i i tarv ool i ce c @np i oi
ihe ot-ioaae s f r-eaj contacc came when tht- unit had
reacnea Obiecti .,c C,)l I ).ns ano @,-,,@rtr-d its trek eastward toward tire
northern t)ar r ot utqa3 F, Dricaae Dassp(3 Pi Tanaerine and
moved towards FL
i-inlri -,tiL, ie?aci tasl, iorce encountered an
ira0l DaTtali,,@i f,-nn tri(@ Giiarn C:nmmatio Force Command at
aDDroximatei%, j5-,),': h@.,irs. ft-.e Eic-E3an wi-.@i Charlie Team
caoturina 20 EP@qs. fhe irac3,. Battalion iireo its RPG-7s with one
hittin(3 a tant, btit C:aLlSinc3 minor da,,acF-. 14hiie the comoanv team
iocusea its attotit.ion n;i m.L(j;ci: evacuation of two tank crew
memoers. tne task torcf, "L'@-0 L@,i@; its inrles to a ridoe line 200
meters to rho fee-. [tie PriE;)t.t?ct, c)'aToc3ri. io--ated on the
comt)anv s left @,elci i(.s E)o,,iti(3n ttndt-r fire while it.
(3athered anc)tnL@i- 17@ (h@- !t'aal artille-v becan to
c)iace its 4ires 'iti irnr.t (@i rr.e taT.; form
-T Kessler requested
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