TAB D UNITS ENCLOSURE 1 COMMANDERS REPORT

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Subject = TAB D UNITS ENCLOSURE 1 COMMANDERS REPORT                       

Parent Organization = ARCENT      

Unit = VII CORPS   

Folder Title = MAJOR SUBORDINATE COMMAND HISTORICAL REPORTS-7TH CORPS SUPPORT GROUP  1                         

Document Number =          1

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              VESTS ON. THE DISCOM HALTED SHORT OF WAY POINT 3 BEHIND THE 4TIl
              BRIGADE.    IT RAINED INTERMITTENTLY AS THE DAY PROGRESSED. BY
              1830 HOURS WE EXPERIENCED FOG, HEAVY RAIN, WIND, AND A SAND
              STORM.


              THE FIRST LOG PAC TRANSPORTED BY 501ST TC AND 32TC CAUGHT UP WITH
              THE IST AD DISCOM AT 1300 HOURS, 26 FEB.       MOST OF THE DAY OF 26
              FEB 91 WAS SPENT REROUTING THE LOGPACS AND HELPING RECOVER 40'
              TRAILERS AND 5000GAL TANKERS STUCK IN THE SOFT SAND. THE IST AD
              COMBAT UNITS WERE ENGAGED WITH TAKING AL BASAYAII, AN IRAQI CORPS
              HEADQUARTERS, AS WE ADVANCED TOWARDS CHECK POINT 3.           IN THE
              AFTERNOON AT 1540 HOURS THE IST ARMORED DIVISION COMBAT UNITS
              TURNED EAST AND TRAVELED 30KMS TOWARDS THE REPUBLICAN GUARDS'
              FORCES. THE 6TH LTF AND GROUP EXECUTIVE OFFICER ESTABLISHED THE
              TTP AT PL APPLE.     THE FORWARD CP SET UP AT 1800 HOURS WITH THE
              IST AD DSA 11 MILES EAST AND 2 MILES SOUTH OF AL BASAYAII, IRAQ.
              DURING SETUP THE DSA WATCHED THE IST AD FORCE ARTILLERY CONDUCT
              AN MLRS AND ATACMS STRIKE ON THE ADNON REPUBLICAN GUARD'S FORCE
              DIVISION. AS THE    IST AD ADVANCED EAST TOWARDS THE RGFC A VIOLENT
              STORM CAME OUT OF THE WEST SLOWING SAND INTO THE ENEMY'S
              DIRECTION. ON 27 FEB, CL III AND CL V LOOPACS WERE THE PRIORITY
              AS THE RGCF BEGAN   WITHDRAWING. BG MCFARLIN VISITED THE FORWARD CP
              ON 27 FEB. ON 28 FEBRUARY AT 0530 HOURS THE IST AD LAUNCHED AN
              ARTILLERY BARRAGE   AGAINST THE MEDINA ARMORED DIVISION, THE 17TIl
              AD, AND THE 52D AD. A GROUND ATTACK COWNENCED AT 0400 HOURS AND
              CONTINUED UNTIL 0800 HOURS WHEN THE CEASEFIRE WENT INTO EFFECT.
              BG MCFARLIN VISITED THE FORWARD CP AGAIN ON 28 FEB. AT 1700 HOURS
              THE IST AD DSA AND     7CSO FORWARD CP JUMPED 45 MILES EAST TO AN
              ABANDONED     IRAQI FACILITY ARRIVING AT 2130 HOURS.          A MAJOR
              MISSION ON 28 FEB WAS COORDINATION FOR THE BACK HAUL OF EPW'S.
              AT 1130 HOURS MOPP 0 WAS DECLARED AND THE CONSUMPTION OF PB
              TABLETS STOPPED. ON I MARCH THE S-3 OFFICER AND GROUP COMMANDER
              ATTENDED A MEETING AT THE IST AD. THE IST AD HAD TRAVELED 200
              MILES IN 89 HOURS, ENGAGED ELEMENTS OF 5 DIVISIONS, THE MEDINA,
              THE HAMURABI, THE 52AD, THE 17TIl AD, AND 26TH ID, SUFFERING 3 M-
              I'S DAMAGED, I M-1 DESTROYED, 2 M-2-S DESTROYED AND TWO KIA'S.
              THEIR OR RATE WAS OVER 90 % FOR COMBAT SYSTEMS AT THE DECLARATION
              OF THE CEASE FIRE.

              FROM I MARCH TO 10 MARCH THE FORWARD CP CONDUCTED CSS OPERATIONS
              IN SOUTHERN IRAQ;    130 MIL919 gt)ttTI4 (JP Tiit      #fvti@  AkD i §
              MILES EAST OF THE KUWAITI BORDER. COORDINATING PUSHES OF CLI,
              l(W), 111, THE BACX HAULING OF EPWs AND EOD MISSIONS WERE THE
              FOCUS OF THE FORWARD CP UNTIL ITS DEPARTUR E ON 16 MARCH
              CONVOYING THRU KUWAIT BACK TO LOG BASE ECHO.









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