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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








             Today we receive a severely injured patient who has shrapnel
       which has penetrated his heart. Though already critically ill, we
       must take him to the operating room. Open heart surgery in a
       MASH is not our usual stock and trade, but we have the necessary
       expertise to do this. Surgery reveals two to four holes in one of
       the chambers of his heart. These are repaired, and he is taken to
       the recovery room after a massive effort by the operating room
       staff. It is to no avail, as the patient later dies of his
       injuries- our eighth death. Six of the dead are refugee children.


             The 912th MASH announces they are open for business just
       twenty miles from here, just off a main blacktop road. The 475th
       MASH moves into southern Iraq and sets up. Relief is starting to
       arrive, and we are all grateful for it!


       1 April 1991


             LTG Frederick Franks, the VII Corps Commander, stops by for
       a visit. He hands out coins specially made for this campaign, and
       delights the members of our unit by handing them out freely,
       stopping and chatting with nearly everyone. His aide confines
       that he rarely hands these out, so we should feel honored. He is
       very happy with the work we have done here, and it is nice to be
       recognized for it.

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