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      



                                         5 USC 552 (b)(6)

            01 Mar 91: Blue Babe finally enters Kuwait and occupies TAA Mexico
            (QT 321877). D Company sends a SEE to RSS to dig graves for Iraqi
            dead. Commander requests a helicopter from 2ACR to visit soldiers
            in hospital. Request is denied due to instability of situation.


            02 Mar 91: Battalion is sending teams back to recover the few
            vehicles we lost. SFC Schnorrbusch links up with Battalion; he was
            with 54th Engineer Battalion with some of our heavy equipment
            during the battle.



            03 Mar 91: The Battalion Conunander. CSM, and Commander, C Company
            fly to vicinity LBE to visit wounded soldiers. The Commander calls
            (3ermany to notify the Blue Babe families that the Battalion is well
            and in Kuwait. A memorial service is held at K Troop 3/2ACR for
                                                . The Battalions only
            casualties were sustained by C Company. At night, the oil field
            fires are easily identified.


            04 Mar 91: Terms of truce are presented and are taken to Baghdad
            for signature. The R;giment makes coordination with VII Corps to
            use the military airport northwest of Kuwait City (Ali Al Salem
            Airbase). However, before a C-130 could land, debris needed to be
            cleared from the runway. ILT Ellis and his platoon from D Company,
            with dozers and bucket loaders, is given this mission. Companies
            are destroying enemy equipment. Battalion is told they will deploy
            with 2ACR. Mail arrived today.


            05 Mar 91: (Item from the March/April 1991 Bamberg Times (Vol. 14,
            No. 3)
                    A Memorial Service was held in the Community Chapel on
               March 5 to honor four soldiers from Bamberg who were killed
               during Operation Desert Storm.
                     The soldiers wer




                     All four soldiers were killed on Feb. 26, while serving
               as part of the coalition forces in Southwest Asia.
                     Community members gathered to honor the soldiers and
               offer support to the family members for their loss.


                                          5 USC 552 (b)(6)