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Subject: COMMAND CHRONOLOGY FOR PERIOD 1 FEB TO 28 FEB 1991              

Unit: 2D 12TH MAR 

Parent Organization: 10TH MARINES

Box ID: BX600025

Folder Title: COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 2ND BATTALION 12TH MARINE REGIMENT JUL 90 - JUN 91                           

Document Number:          3

Folder SEQ  #:          9


                                 UNCLASSIFIED*


                                    COMMAND CHRONOLOGY


          put to the test during the course of hostilities. The battalion began
          the ground war with 5784 rounds of ammunition and expended approx
          2,000 rounds during the period G-2 (22 February) through G+4 (28
          February). The only ammunition resupply accomplished included 32
          experimental luminescent marker projectiles and 150 complete rounds of
          high explosive, rocket assisted ammunition. All of the aforementioned
          resupply ammunition was received on a supply point distribution basis
          at DSG-2, using the battalion's organic vehicles.

             On 22 February, the battalion engaged the enemy for several hours.
          One howitzer failed to return to battery after a mission and was
          repaired by an artillery weapons repair contact team from the combat
          trains. When it failed to return to battery a second time, it was
          evacuated to the field train, then on to the 3d echelon repair shop,
          where it was checked out and passed all tests and then returned to
          service. Several howitzers developed minor leaks in hydraulic recoil
          systems during this engagement, possibly attributable to lengthy
          periods without firing high charges (one howitzer had not been fired
          since October 1988); a result of training area restrictions on
          Okinawa. None of these minor leaks prevented howitzers from
          continuing the fight.

             On 23 February, the battalion prepared in earnest for the impending
          attack on Iraqi forces in Kuwait. The battalion motor transport
          section painted as many vehicles as possible in a desert camouflage
          pattern, using recently acquired paint. The supply section provided a
          partial issue of desert camouflage utility uniforms, the first such
eater of
          operations in mid-January. The battalion Was "topped-off" for fuel
          and water, and received a final resupply of class I (POR), allowing it
          to commence the ground assault with three days of supply (DOS).

             At dusk on 23 February, the battalion combat train moved northeast
          into Kuwait, in trace of the firing batteries and command post. Five
          logistics vehicle systems (LVS's), carrying 1,056 complete rounds of
          ammunition, accompanied the combat trains. These vehicles were
          provided by DSG-2 to carry additional ammunition for the first 72
          hours of the ground war. The battalion's three attached bulldozers,
          which departed several hours earlier, due to their slow speed, met the
          combat train just outside the Saudi-Kuwait Border. During the move
          from the staging area to the attack positions in Kuwait, a distance of
          approximately 12 miles, one forklift broke down. It was abandoned in
          place, as it was behind friendly lines, and its location was reported
          to the field trains for recovery.

             Upon arrival in the battalion attack position the combat train
          conducted a hasty occupation. Shortly thereafter, a convoy of eight
          LVS's carrying ammunition for the preparation fire arrived. The
          combat train distributed this ammunition and the attached engineer





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File Room = sep96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-38
Box ID = BX600025
Unit = 2D 12TH MAR
Parent Organization = 10TH MARINES
Folder Title = COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 2ND BATTALION 12TH MARINE REGIMENT JUL 90 - JUN 91
Folder Seq # = 9
Subject = COMMAND CHRONOLOGY FOR PERIOD 1 FEB TO 28 FEB 19
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Document Date =
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 01-OCT-1996