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Subject: 127 MED GP HISTORICAL REPORT
Unit: OTSG
Parent Organization: HSC
Box ID: BX003205
Folder Title: 127 MED GROUP HISTORICAL REPORT OPERATION DESERT SHIELD-STORM
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127 MED GP HISTORICAL REPORT, 910401
CHAPTER 4
OPERATION DESERT SABRE (24 FEBRUARY 1991 - 27 FEBRUARY 1991)
THE GROUND WAR BEGAN ON 24 FEBRUARY 1991 AND ENDED FOUR DAYS LATER WHEN THE
IRAQI MILITARY BEGAN PULLING OUT OF KUWAIT.
BY THE 25TH OF FEBRUARY, THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 5,000 ENEMY PRISONERS OF WAR
(EPW'S). HUNDREDS OF EPW'S WENT THROUGH THE HOSPITALS, MOSTLY SUFFERING FROM
DEHYDRATION AND MALNUTRITION.
THE FIRST CASUALTIES FROM THE SOLDIERS OF THE 127TH MEDICAL GROUP DIED ON 27
FEBRUARY 1991. THREE SOLDIERS WERE KILLED AND ONE SOLDIER WAS WOUNDED WHEN A
HELICOPTER CRASHED ON ITS WAY TO A MEDICAL EVACUATION MISSION.
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