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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







       of the doctors and enlisted personnel. In the middle of their
       visit, 4 more children arrive with the usual cluster bomb
       injuries. There were 5 victims, but one died at the site of
       explosion. Again, the operating room is running at full tilt, and
       CNN, to their credit, dutifully records all our activities.


             The opinion of the staff is nearly unanimous at this point.
       These people need care, but our unit is not the best suited to
       provide it. Wefd never deny them care, but we certainly could
       use some relief from a Red Cross hospital, or even an active
       duty Evacuation or Combat Support Hospital. We all feel we've
       done our mission, and more, and would like very much to go home.


       27 March 1991


             We receive another five Iraqi civilians from a bus accident
       today. Two weeks ago, we probably would have treated this as a
       mass casualty, but we are becoming used to this type of admission.
       Crises are, in fact, becoming a way of life for us.


       28 March 1991


             Two soldiers from the 3rd Armored Division receive severe
       shrapnel injuries from a cluster bomb today. They are truly
       innocent victims, as they stepped on the bomblet outside of their

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