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Subject = OPNS DESERT SHIELD STORM DIARY   807TH MASH                     

Parent Organization = ARCENT      

Unit = VII CORPS   

Folder Title = SUBORDINATE COMMAND HISTORICAL REPORTS-2D COSCOM-332D MED-341ST MED-912TH MED                   

Document Number =          3

Box ID = BX000308







            This mission begins as it should, with prayer. Members of
      the unit, and their family and friends assemble at the drill hall
      on 17th Street for a prayer service. It is a time to think about
      the mission that lays before us, the hazards which will have to be
      endured. We pray for the strength to carry out this important
      mission, as well as for a quick and safe return home.


            The city of Paducah coordinated a farewell, orchestrated by
      the Mayor, Gerry Montgomery. Mayor Montgomery's husband, COL
      Wally Montgomery, M.D., is the brigade surgeon for our higher
      headquarters, the 332nd Medical Brigade. What a farewell it is!
      The convoy route was lined with enthusiastic well-wishers from
      the drill hall all the way to Interstate 24. American flags,
      yellow ribbons, personal signs and posters were all in abundance,
      and our hearts are touched by this outpouring of love and support.
      Family, friends and fellow workers from Western Baptist and
      Lourdes Hospitals make up a great deal of the crowd, but hundreds
      of citizens who were unknown to us also turn out. The lone
      bell of St. Paul's Lutheran Church rings out, it's pealing saying,
      "Good-bye, Godspeed, come home soon and safe."


           As we move our convoy towards Ft. Campbell, it seems as
      though every overpass teems with a proliferation of flags,

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