11 March (continuing)Witli helo from USS BIDDLE providing air cover. the 1.000th board
                         ing of a freighter is completed in the N. Red Sea. The Cypriot-flagged
                         DIMIS is allowed to proceed after inspection of cargo.
                  Marine ground forces continue retrograde to defensive positions.
                  Status of Marine Captain Reginald C. Underwood, missing since 24 February
                         combat downing of his AV-8B, changed to Killed In Action.
                  DOD revises U.S. casualty data: 121 KIA. 2 (Died from combat wounds). 81
                         Non-combat fatalities. 23 MIA (5 Navy. 1 US MC). 0 POW.
                  USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) ordered to stand down. At end of 210-day de
                         ployment, hospital ship with crew of 1,200, including 265 Naval Re-
                         servists, has treated 6,050+ outpatients from sea and land-based units,
                         admitted 650+ patients, performed 290 + surgeries, created 900 pairs
                         of glasses, filled 16,000 prescriptions, took 5,500+ x-rays, and con-
                         ducted 21,000 laboratory procedures. Dental staff treated 2,000+
                         patients; physical therapy department treated 2,000 patients. 1,300+
                         helos landed on the ship.
                  USNS COMFORT (T-AH 20) ordered to stand down. At end of seven
                         month deployment, hospital ship with crew of 1,200, admitted 700+
                         patients and treated 8,000+ patients. With 750 personnel redeployed
                         to CONUS, skelton crew of 380 got underway from Bahrain anchor-
                         age at 1314 (EST) as part of the 15-ship Atlantic Amphibious Task
                         Force led by USS NASSAU (LHA 4).
                  Fleet Hospitals Five and Six ordered to stand down. At end of deployment,
                         Fleet Hospital Five has treated more than 32,000 patients, including
                         all coalition forces, ex-patriots, EPWs and refugees, admitted 4,250
                         patients, performed 600 surgeries, treated 3,100+ dental patients, and
                         filled 22,000 perscriptions.

12 March          DOD announces cease fire is holding, troop demobilization continues. To-
                         date, 16,000 troops have returned home (approximately 4,000 Navy,
                         4,000 USMC).
                  USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67). accompanied by USS SAN JACINTO.
                         USS MISSISSIPPI. USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS USS PREBLE.
                         USS MOOSBRUGGER and USS~ThOMAS S. GATES. transits the
                         Suez Canal enroute to the Mediterranean.
                  There are 73 Navy ships in the Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Northern
                         Arabian Sea, 19 Navy ships in the Red Sea, and 15 Navy ships in the
                         Mediterranean.
                  Command ship USS LASAH~, HMS CATlISTOCK and two tankers re-
                         open major Kuwaiti port of Ash Shuaybah, steamed through a channel
                         cleared of mines by a hundred U.S. and coalition divers, bringing in
                         potable water and supplies to assist the reconstruction of Kuwait.
                         First U.S. Navy warship to make pofl visit to newly-liberated Kuwait.
                  Naval forces continue on-going counter air-defensive and other operations.
                  Marine ground forces continue retrograde to defensive positions.
                  DOD revises U.S. casualtv data: 126 KIA~ 2 (Died from combat wounds). 82
                         Non-combat fatalities. 357 WI~~ 22 MIA (5 Navy. 0 USMC). 0 POW).


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