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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







       mugs of creamed and sugared tea. Past friendships develop, apd
       soon visits are becoming -more frequent, culminating with the
       British medical officers showing up one afternoon with a case of
       "near beer". MRE's are broken out, and a delightful time of
       swapping stories and laughs is had by all. Sunset brings the
       party to a close, as no one likes to drive after dark, with the
       "Brits" driving north in their Land Rovers.


             Things are not all visits and relaxation though, far from
       it. -We must inventory and stock our "MilVans" (the big boxes that
       look like they've been purloined from the back of a tractor
       trailer truck), and check the various pieces of equipment which
       will able us to complete our life-saving mission. The central
       material supply and operating room sections break out the
       instruments and sterilizer, and begin to sterilize and pack
       functional surgical sets. Doing this in the midst of a sand storm
       and with minimal water supplies proves to be the first of many
       challenges. We must determine what equipment we need, obtain it
       if possible (no small feat in itself), and learn to do without it
       if we can't.


       18 February 1991


             Today we 'make our sixth move of the deployment. The date
       for the ground offensive, we are told, is growing close. The air

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