OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD 82D ENGINEER BATTALION 28 AUG 91

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Subject = OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD    82D ENGINEER BATTALION  28 AUG 91   

Box ID = BX000301

Folder Title = 82D ENG BN AFTER ACTION REVIEW COMMENTS  5 APR 91                                               

Unit = VII CORPS   

Parent Org = ARCENT      







            to LBE to pick up water and MRES. LT Wither goes to XXMC to clear
            FOO accounts and pick up more money. Din of artillery is constantly
            in background.

            22 Feb 91: President Bush issues an ultimatum to Iraq to comply
            with UN resolutions by 1200 hrs on 23 Feb. The Battalion begins
            task organization to conduct the assault breach. Battalion starts
            starts to take PB tablets again. D and B companies link up with A
            and C Companies respectively, well forward in the 2ACR attack
            formations.



            23 Feb 91: Ultimatum time passes without response by Iraq. Today
            is 0-1 and the Battalion starts reduction of the berm between Saudi
            Arabia and Iraq. Assault breaches are made by A and C Companies,
            go the 2ACR can cross the Line of Departure. B and D Companies
            follow up clearing lanes to for Follow-on forces of VII Corps. HHC
            moves forward to just behind the berm.



            24 Feb 91: The ground war starts today (O day). The Battalion
            crosses the border from Saudi Arabia into Iraq. The mission of the
            Battalion is to support the 2ACR, whose mission is to screen, fix,
            and destroy the Iraqi Republican Guard Forces. (For a complete
            narrative of the '100 Hour War' see enclosure 1.) RCO tells
            Battalion to leave all heavy equipment behind, but we take four
            dozers with us. They are difficult to move but they may be needed
            later. That night is spent traversing a deep escarpment.

            25 Feb 91: 0200 - Battalion (-) closes on AA. Rate of march is
            between 5 - 10 mph when unit is moving. LD at 0600 trying to line
            up on RSS's right flank. 1500 - Battalion (-) moves into an AA. S-4
            makes logpac runs to RSS. A/C/84 move into hasty defense. We are
            about 40 miles into Iraq. B Company picks up about 60 - 100 EPWS.


            26 Feb 91: Last night three soldiers from C Company were killed and
            three were wounded in action. Winds blowing between 35 - 50 mph.
            Battalion (-) remains in place all day, but we can see Ist ID
            passing to our east flank. 50 EPWA surrender to us and are
            transferred to RSS on the commercial 20 ton truck.



            27 Feb 91: 0615 - Battalion (-) moves 20 miles eastward. The 2ACR
            is now   the VII Corps reserve force. Ist AD, Ist ID, lst CD, 3rd
            AD. lat AD (UK)   are all on line moving eastward. Today, while In
            Iraq, Vance F. Stewart III, is promoted to Captain. He is the only
            Officer promoted during Desert Storm.


            28 Feb 91: The President calls for a cease-fire at 0800 hours local
            ending the '100 Hour War'. We stop taking PB pills and get out of
            MOPP. A/C/84 are now destroying enemy equipment.