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      







                  This poem is dedicated to the soldiers in C Co. 82 EN who
               gave their lives in Desert Storm:

                            Our flag is flown at half-mast
                            For our soldiers that have died,
                            They lost their lives in battle,
                            In a desert filled with sand
                            Through the days and nights
                            They left behind their loved ones,
                            Fighting for a country's rights.
                            We'll remember them in our hearts
                            Through all the days that come,
                            The men of Charlie Company
                            And their families that are home.


                                 Written by Barbara A. Hill


               For our soldiers in Saudi
               Submitted by SSgt Roger A Hoeller
                    The following poem was composed by Jennifer Smith, the
               daughter of a deployed soldier with the 82nd EN in Saudi
               Arabia.


               We're proud to be Americans.
               We're proud of the USA.
               We know there's a war being fought in.Saudi today.
               Saddam doesn't stand a chance.
               He'll never learn the secret from the Blue Babe neighborhood.
               Our dads are over there fighting and all our friends are too.
               But don't worry Blue Babe soldiers.
               Because we really love you.


            06 Mar 91: The Battalion receives o/o FRA(IO to move to King Khalid
            Military City (KXMC). 2ACR conducts AAR. Battalion starts to turn
            in our bullets, PB tablets, and CANA. Battalion will pick up one
            M113A2 to replace the destroyed APC. We can hear British Armed
            Forces Radio.


            07 Mar 91: The first Blue Babe soldiers, a total of nine from the
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            Battalion receives the largest shipment of mail yet. Most of it had
            been waiting for the Battalion unable to get it forward. Some
            soldiers receive 50-75 letters and numerous packages. BMO takes
            M916s back to LogBase Echo in anticipation for the move to KKM.C.
            MORES for dinner.


            08 Mar 91: The quartering party, led by CPT Keith Samuels, leaves
            for KKMC. At Command and Staff meeting, LTC Slattery briefs the
            commanders on the 'focus' of the deployment back to Germany.
            Highlights are concerns for soldiers. safety, and the mind set that
            the mission is not over until recovery is complete in Germany.
            Today the Regiment calls for a shakedown of all soldiers for
            unexploded ordnance and pyrotechnics.