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File: 100896_sep96_decls24_0012.txt
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 10 0
COMMAND CHRONOLOGY
equipment to the firing batteries. This operation was completed at
approximately 0100, 24 February. Engineers dug in firing batteries,
then returned the tracked earth-moving equipment to a staging area on
the Saudi Arabian side of the border. This equipment was to be loaded
on a transporter and moved forward to rejoin the battalion at a latter
date. The tracked equipment was deemed too slow to maintain the rapid
rate of advance anticipated during the breaching operation.
The battalion remained in the attack position until mid-afternoon,
engaging the enemy during the breaching operation and the initial
stages of the subsequent exploitation. The high volume of fire
delivered during this engagement resulted in further minor problems
with howitzers. One howitzer actually was deadlined and evacuated to
the field train for a possible pre-positioned war reserve (PWR)
exchange.
During mid-afternoon, the battalion moved forward through the
breach to new firing positions. All vehicles completed the
displacement successfully. After arriving in the new position, the
combat train could not establish effective communications with CSSD
26, DSG-2 or the battalion field trains. This loss of communication
threatened the battalion's logistics "tail". By evening comm was
restored with the field train, but CSSD 26 was displacing and unable
to communicate effectively. The combat train remained in position
throughout 25 February, receiving a PWR howitzer from the field train
to replace the howitzer damaged the previous day.
Early on 26 February, the battalion was ordered to move north once
again, further threatening already tenuous communication links to the
field train. After a brief reconnaissance, the battalion moved
forward, occupying and fighting from two positions in the space of a
few hours. During this period, the field train moved forward to co-
locate with CSSD 26.
During the evening of 26 February, Battery "B" transferred 24
prisoners of war to the combat train, 3 of which were wounded. The
battalion aid station treated the wounded, one of whom was in serious
condition. All prisoners were retained until the morning of the 27
February when 10th Marines evacuated them to the rear for further
processing.
The battalion remained in position for the remainder of the month,
with the field train pushing forward classes I and III from CSSD 26.
Routine maintenance continued in preparation of the anticipated
withdrawal to Saudi Aradia.
Ammunition expenditure for the Battalion was as follows:
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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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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