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Subject: COMMAND OPRATIONS AND TRAINING THE JOURNEY HOME                 

Unit: 1ST TANK BN 

Parent Organization: 1ST MARDIV  

Box  ID: BX600020

Folder Title: COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 1ST TANK BATTALION JAN - DEC 1991                                            

Document Number:         24

Folder Seq  #:         24






                                  UNCLASSIFIED


                                       SECTION 2


                                  NARRATIVE SUMMARY


                          COMMAND, OPERATIONS, AND TRAINING

             The First Tank Battalion's mission is to close with and
       destroy the enemy utilizing armor protected fire power, shock
       effect, and maneuver, and to provide anti-armor and anti-
       mechanized fire in support of the Marine Division.
             I March found the battalion set into defensive positions to
       the south of Kuwait International Airport.       The battalion
       remained in these positions until the 5th, when the road march
       to Al Mishab began. As Ist Tanks drove down the streets of
       Kuwait, Kuwaiti people lined the streets, waving Kuwaiti and
       American flags, and cheering. It was a fitting end to a
       victorious campaign.
             After the loo mile road march, the battalion began to turn in
       ammunition at Al Mishab, and to ferry the tanks down to the port
       of Jubail for the trip hone. The ammunition turn-in lasted
       through the night, and was completed the morning of the 6th.
             The battalion then displaced by companies down to Manifa Bay,
       where maintenance, paperwork, and physical training were
       the order of the day. All of the companies were in place
       at Manifa Bay by the 14th.
             The remainder of the month was devoted to preparing the
       battalion for the return to COMUS, and waiting for transportation
       home.























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File Room = sep96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-38
Box ID = BX600020
Unit = 1ST TANK BN
Parent Organization = 1ST MARDIV
Folder Title = COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 1ST TANK BATTALION JAN - DEC 1991
Folder Seq # = 24
Subject = COMMAND OPRATIONS AND TRAINING THE JOURNEY HOME
Document Seq # = 24
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 = 17-DEC-1996