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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



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       13 March 1991


             Patients are, not surprisingly, starting to show up in
       greater numbers. We are here in the middle of nowhere, but we
       are still being found by Iraqils, Kuwaiti's and Bedouins from who
       knows where. We begin to add to the size of the hospital, with
       new beds filling up as quickly as we can add them on. We see
       three critically injured patients from an automobile accident, and
       the operating room staff once more heads back into the fray.


       14 March 1991


             MG Yates, the commander of the 3rd Armored Division, is
       visiting today. He commends us for the fine job we are doing in
       support of his troops. Many of us don't get to see him, though
       as the influx of Iraqi refugees is growing ever heavier, requiring
       more and more staff for longer periods of time. the wards are
       rapidly being filled to capacity with the sick and injured victims
       of a wild man's regime.


       15 March 1991


             A Blackhawk unit from the rear (airfield near Al Qaysumih)
       has joined our merry band here in our new compound. Their mission
       will be long range medical evacuation by both day and night, as we

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