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Subject: DEPLOYMENT PREPS SWA 6TH MARINE REGIMENT 22 MAY 1991
Unit: 6TH MARINES
Parent Organization: 2 MAR DIV
Box ID: BX600006
Folder Title: COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 6TH MARINES APR - JUNE 1991
Document Number: 2
Folder SEQ #: 14
UNCLASSIFIED
T-13
Personal
Exz)eriences Sat 23 Feb G-1
Long day - pills (NAP and Cypro - ill)
1200 break camp - 21st was first invasion date
Move to the waiting area until 1800
Into MOP 2
Black cloud pointing
1830 move to berm- line of departure
Bombing- moved us
Long noisy eerie night with oil smoke, dark, noise
visited the troops, talked and prayed
Sun 24 Feb G Day
0500 mount up
0530 moved up to the breaching area
slow driving - glow sticks
0700 first mine field artillery over us
0730 second mine field mortars 30-50m away kill
vehicle 4 ahead hits a mine
long 10-15 minutes
0900 lot of artillery from 2/10 outbound, jets,
Cobras over us, EPWs in a line, OIL FIELDS-PI]
0900 sun came out
1100 Stopped for Medivacs
Ministry to the circled vehicles
Everyone was surprised at EPWs
One of our TOW guys was shot by an EPW
1700 oil smoke- Chemical alarm - MOPP 4 get down
1710 Airbursts- long 1/2 hour in the hole!
RE YOU SURE?
1800 Very dark - ministry of presence- counseling
1930 Into the hole to wait until light - noisy 2/10,
Bombers, etc -
LONG NIGHT Dozed- chemical suit was hot,
boots wet through- cramps - foggy -
Mon 25 Feb G plus 1
0500 Got out of my hole, ate an MRE
0600 Ministry of presence, counseling 0700 to MOP
1100 12 HE artillery rounds in on us 100m out from
our circle- right in the path we were going
into to move out.
1115 until 1600 we drove 10K stop and go! Almost dz
1600 small arms, cleared bunkers( grunts )
we were in a CBU minefield - ahead was a battle
1700 Rain- moved out of CBU minefield- dark- light
1900 Totally dark 5 K/hr. Rain bombing - arty fire
1930 We stopped for the night totally dark -
fire all around us. Dug in- Med set up tent
2/2 & 1/6 were engaged with enemy
Tank in front of our CUTVEE - RAIN Smoke noise
2300 Exhausted - wet - crawled under CTJTVEE
0300 Up noise of artillery was unbelievable
UNCLASSIFIED
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Box ID = BX600006
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Folder Title = COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 6TH MARINES APR - JUNE 1991
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Subject = DEPLOYMENT PREPS SWA 6TH MARINE REGIMENT 22 MA
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