NOTES
                           Initial Preparations

    Unless otherwise noted, the material in this section was derived from the
following sources:  LtCol Dennis P. Mroczkowski battlefield journal, hereafter
Mroczkowski Jnl; oral history interviews with LtCol Christopher J. Gregor,
11Apr91, MajOen William M. Keys, 16May91, LtCol Andrew F, Mazarra,
5Apr91, Col Roger C. McElraft, 8Mar91, Col Sepp D. Ramsperger, 10May91,
LtCol Michael J. Swords, 4Apr91, (OralHistColl, MCHC, Washington, D.C.),
hereafter  Gregor   intvw, Keys intvw,  Mazarra  intvw, McElraft  intvw,
Ramsperger intvw, Swords intvw; telephone conversations between the author
and Col Louis E. Brossy, 6Jun91, Col Jack A. Davis, 7Jun91, MajGen William
M. Keys, 13Jun91, LtCol Lee F. Lange II, 7Jun91, Col Roger C. McElraft,
6Jun91, LtCol Ottavio J. Milano, 5Jun91, Col  Leslie M. Palm, 7Jun91, Col
Ronald G. Richard, 25Mar92, Col James K. Van Riper, 5Jun91, hereafter
Brossy telcon, Davis telcon, Keys telcon, Lange telcon, McElraft telcon, Milano
telcon, Palm telcon, Richard telcon, Van Riper telcon; personal conversation
between the author and LtCol Mary K. Lowery, undated, noted in Mroczkowski
Jnl; Col John B. Sylvester, U.S. Army, "Actions Of The 1st ~iger) Brigade,
2nd Armored Division During Operation Desert Shieldl Operation Desert Storm
10 Aug 90-1 Mar 91," hereafter 1-2AD AAR.

1. Lisa Beyer, "Iraq's Power Grab,11 Time, 13Aug91, pp. 16-17.
2. Andrew Rosenthal, untitled, The New York Times, 8Aug91, p. 1.
3.  "Marines See Action: Middle East and Africa," Marine Corps Gazette,
Sep90, p. 4.
4. Ramsperger intvw.
5. McElraft intvw.
6. Keys intvw.
7. McElraft intvw.
8. Ibid.; Mroczkowski Jnl, 28Jan91.
9. Lowery intvw.
10. "Troops Added," Marine Corps Gazette, Dec90, p. 7.
11. 11Reserves Mobilized," Ibid., p. 6.
12. Davis telcon.
13. Van Riper telcon.
14. Richard telcon.
15. Milano telcon.
16. CG II MEF msg to CG 2d MarDiv, dtd 1 82049ZNov90.
17. Keys intvw.
18. Brossy telcon.
19. McElraft intvw; McElraft telcon.
20. Ramsperger intvw.
21. Gregor intvw.