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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








       call? Stand in line.




        16 January 1991


            After one unforgettable night in this warehouse, we move to
       the MGM Grand Hotel, a euphemism foisted upon unfurnished
       apartments by the comedians at VII Corps headquarters. The
       complex housed as many as 20,000 troops at any given time, and
       is situated in the town of Al-Khobar, near the runways of the
       Saudi International Airport at Dharan ("The largest airport in
       Saudi Arabia" ... again). We have a good number of amenities there,
       including phones to call back to the states, a small PX, and
       catered meals served in mess halls which, until just recently,
       were underground parking garages. Hot showers and flush toilets
       complete our luxurious accommodations, as 30 of us stayed in each
       6 room apartment. The five hours of sleep we'd had in the
       previous 48 hours was starting to become insufficient, and,
       hauling out our cots, we are soon asleep in this new, strange
       land.


       17 January 1991


             At 2:00 a.iu., the roar of jet engines dramatically
       increases from the airport at Dharan, about 1/2 mile away.

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